| Cyphastrea | |
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| Cyphastrea serailia off Réunion | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Cnidaria | 
| Class: | Hexacorallia | 
| Order: | Scleractinia | 
| Family: | Merulinidae | 
| Genus: | Cyphastrea Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848  | 
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Cyphastrea is a genus of massive reef building stony corals in the family Merulinidae, commonly known as brain coral.
Species
The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species:[1]
- Cyphastrea agassizi (Vaughan, 1907) - Agassiz's brain coral[2]
 - Cyphastrea chalcidicum (Forsskål, 1775)
 - Cyphastrea decadia Moll & Best, 1984
 - Cyphastrea hexasepta Veron, Turak & DeVantier, 2000
 - Cyphastrea japonica Yabe & Sugiyama, 1932
 - Cyphastrea kausti Bouwmeester & Benzoni, 2015
 - Cyphastrea magna Benzoni & Arrigoni, 2017
 - Cyphastrea microphthalma (Lamarck, 1816)
 - Cyphastrea ocellina (Dana, 1846) - ocellated brain coral[2]
 - Cyphastrea salae Baird, Hoogenboom & Huang, 2017
 - Cyphastrea serailia (Forsskål, 1775)
 - Cyphastrea zhongjianensis Zou, 1980
 
References
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- ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Cyphastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
 - 1 2 Fenner, Douglas (2005). Corals of Hawai'i : field guide to the hard, black, and soft corals of Hawai'i and the northwest Hawaiian Islands, including Midway. Honolulu, Hawai'i: Mutual Pub. ISBN 1-56647-673-9.
 
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