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Cyphastrea
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Cyphastrea

Cyphastrea is a genus of massive reef building stony corals in the family Merulinidae, commonly known as brain coral.

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8 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Cyphastrea ocellina

speciesCyphastrea ocellina

Cyphastrea serailia

speciesCyphastrea serailia

Cyphastrea decadia

speciesCyphastrea decadia

Cyphastrea chalcidicum

speciesCyphastrea chalcidicum

Cyphastrea microphthalma

speciesCyphastrea microphthalma

Cyphastrea agassizi

speciesCyphastrea agassizi

Cyphastrea japonica

speciesCyphastrea japonica

Cyphastrea hexasepta

speciesCyphastrea hexasepta

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Recorded sightings

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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 503576.