Colpophyllia

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Kingdom Animalia Phylum Cnidaria Order Scleractinia		Family Mussidae Rank Genus Subclass Hexacorallia

Similar Colpophyllia natans, Diploria, Scleractinia, Diploria strigosa, Montastraea

Colpophyllia natans spawning

Colpophyllia is a genus of stony corals in the Mussidae family.

The following species are currently recognized:

Colpophyllia breviserialis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849

Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn, 1772)

Other species are reported as extinct:

Colpophyllia duncani Wells 1935

Colpophyllia elegans Budd et al. 1992

Colpophyllia eocaenica (Reuss 1864)

Colpophyllia inaequalis (Pratz 1910)

Colpophyllia longicollis (Reuss 1864)

Colpophyllia meandrinoides (Michelin 1842)

Colpophyllia mexicanum Frost and Langenheim 1974

Colpophyllia multisepta Chevalier 1961

Colpophyllia reagani Durham 1942

Colpophyllia slavutytschensis Kuzmicheva 1987

Colpophyllia stellata (Catullo 1856)

Colpophyllia willoughbiensis (Vaughan 1919)

Hydnophyllia applanata Gerth 1923

Hydnophyllia malayica Gerth 1923

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