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Colpophyllia

Colpophyllia
Temporal range: 33.9–present Ma
Colpophyllia natans (Boulder Brain Coral) entire colony.jpg
C. natans colony along the northern coast of Haiti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Subclass: Hexacorallia
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Mussidae
Genus: Colpophyllia
Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1848
Species

2, see text

Synonyms
  • Ceriosmilia Schuster 2002
  • Hydnophyllia Reis 1889

2, see text

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

The following species are currently recognized:

Other species are reported as extinct:


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