Oulophyllia

Oulophyllia
	Oulophyllia crispa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Anthozoa
Order:	Scleractinia
Family:	Merulinidae
Genus:	Oulophyllia; Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 [1]
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	Coelogyra Nemenzo, 1959; Ulophyllia Milne Edwards, 1857;

Oulophyllia is a genus of stony corals in the family Merulinidae. Members of this genus are native to the tropical western and central Indo-Pacific region.

Characteristics

The colonies of these corals are massive and form dome-shaped mounds, similar to Favites, but the corallites are arranged in valleys with broad ridges between them.[2]

Species

The following species are currently recognized by the World Register of Marine Species :[1]

Oulophyllia bennettae (Veron, Pichon & Best, 1977)
Oulophyllia crispa (Lamarck, 1816)
Oulophyllia levis (Nemenzo, 1959)

References

Hoeksema, Bert (2015). "Oulophyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2015-06-16.
Hoeksema, Bert; van Ofwegen, L. "Genus Oulophyllia". Reef Corals of the Indo-Malayan Seas. Marine Species Identification Portal. Retrieved 2015-06-16.

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[WoRMS-1] Hoeksema, Bert (2015). "Oulophyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2015-06-16.

[2] Hoeksema, Bert; van Ofwegen, L. "Genus Oulophyllia". Reef Corals of the Indo-Malayan Seas. Marine Species Identification Portal. Retrieved 2015-06-16.