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Dendrophylliidae

11 species · Animals

Animalia › Cnidaria › Anthozoa › Scleractinia › Dendrophylliidae

Balanophyllia elegans is a solitary bright orange cup coral native to the western North American seaboard.

Balanophyllia europaea, the pig-tooth coral, is a solitary hard coral found only in the Mediterranean Sea.

Tubastraea coccinea, or orange cup coral, is a native Indo-Pacific azooxanthellate invasive coral that spreads widely via dual reproduction.

Tubastraea micranthus, the Black sun coral, is a dark green tree-like branching sun coral native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Duncanopsammia axifuga is a stony coral species found in Australian and South China Sea reef waters up to 30m deep.

Heteropsammia cochlea is a small free-living solitary coral found in Indo-West Pacific tropical and subtropical waters.

Turbinaria mesenterina is a common, sediment-tolerant zooxanthellate coral found across the Indo-Pacific region.

Turbinaria reniformis is a widespread gonochoristic zooxanthellate coral that grows in plate or chalice forms.

Turbinaria stellulata is a zooxanthellate Indo-Pacific coral that grows into submassive dome colonies on clear upper reef slopes.

Leptopsammia pruvoti is a solitary stony coral that resembles a sea anemone, found in shallow dark European coastal waters.

Astroides calycularis is a Mediterranean and Atlantic colonial stony coral with habitat-dependent colony shapes.

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