Physophyllia
Physophyllia is a monotypic genus of coral in the family Merulinidae. Its sole assigned species is Physophyllia ayleni. The species was first described by John W. Wells in 1935. It is a hermatypic coral that constructs reefs in the temperate and tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 503544.