Catalaphyllia
Catalaphyllia jardinei, commonly known as elegance coral (or wonder coral, ridge coral), is a large polyp stony coral from the western Pacific Ocean. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Catalaphyllia. It was first described by William Saville-Kent in 1893 as Pectinia jardinei.
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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 87255.