Kingdom Animalia Class Anthozoa Family Euphylliidae Rank Species | Phylum Cnidaria Order Scleractinia Genus Euphyllia | |
Similar Euphyllia glabrescens, Euphyllia paraancora, Caryophylliidae, Euphyllia ancora, Euphylliidae | ||
Euphyllia cristata, commonly called grape coral, is a species of hard coral in the family Euphylliidae.
The grape coral is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific area with a large presence in Indonesia. Grape coral is absent from the Red Sea.
This type of hard coral builds small sized phaceloid colonies, which is a type of organisation in hard coral's formation where corallites are elongate and distinctive tube-like, between 20 and 40 millimetres (1.6 in) diameter.
Euphyllia cristata
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