Description
Indo-Pacifiq tropical	non comestible	urticant
anciennement classé dans la famille des Caryophylliidae, modifié par Veron, 2000
colonial; zooxanthelate; skeleton deeply imbedded in the sediment; polyps long & fleshy with tentacles ending in acrospheres, with vesicles, or with mantles; costae poorly developed with or without simple granular spines recouverts de vésicules gazeuses, contenant les zooxanthelles, recouvertes de cnidocytes urticantes; corallum wall solid
Colonies do not have vesicles extended during daytime Colonies have V-shaped valleys: Genus *Catalaphyllia* Colonies do not have V-shaped valleys Colonies have tentacles: Genus Euphyllia Colonies have mantles: Genus Nemenzophyllia Colonies have vesicles or mantles extended during daytime Colonies not massive: Genus Plerogyra Colonies massive: Genus Plysogyra	biophysics (Universität Salzburg)
la plupart des espèces (stt genus Euphyllia) n'ont pas de nématocystes et la capture se fait par des cils (sources divergent!)
visibles seulement de jour (et si ne sont pas dérangées); les tentacules eux ne sont visibles (sortis) que de nuit; milieu peu profond et eaux relativement calmes, ensoleillement modéré

Description

Indo-Pacifiq tropical

non comestible

urticant

anciennement classé dans la famille des Caryophylliidae, modifié par Veron, 2000

colonial; zooxanthelate; skeleton deeply imbedded in the sediment;
polyps long & fleshy with tentacles ending in acrospheres, with vesicles, or with mantles; costae poorly developed with or without simple granular spines
recouverts de vésicules gazeuses, contenant les zooxanthelles, recouvertes de cnidocytes urticantes; corallum wall solid

Colonies do not have vesicles extended during daytime

Colonies have V-shaped valleys: Genus Catalaphyllia

Colonies do not have V-shaped valleys

Colonies have tentacles: Genus Euphyllia

Colonies have mantles: Genus Nemenzophyllia

Colonies have vesicles or mantles extended during daytime

Colonies not massive: Genus Plerogyra

Colonies massive: Genus Plysogyra

biophysics (Universität Salzburg)

la plupart des espèces (stt genus Euphyllia) n'ont pas de nématocystes et la capture se fait par des cils (sources divergent!)

visibles seulement de jour (et si ne sont pas dérangées); les tentacules eux ne sont visibles (sortis) que de nuit;
milieu peu profond et eaux relativement calmes, ensoleillement modéré

Etymologies	Source
Euphyllia	grec [eu] = vrai et [phullon] = feuille	doris
grec eu = bien, bon, régulier, parfait, juste + phullon = feuille	Bailly
Galaxea	grec galax = lait (galaxie)	doris

Etymologies

Source

Euphyllia

grec [eu] = vrai et [phullon] = feuille

doris

grec eu = bien, bon, régulier, parfait, juste + phullon = feuille

Bailly

Galaxea

grec galax = lait (galaxie)

doris



Euphyllia cristata
coralsoftheworld / aquaportail / reefbuilders / philscorals / animal-world		Chevalier, 1971 / VU / ITIS 53637

2012 Lembeh (Sulawesi) ©mda (via INaturalist)	2011 Misool (Raja Ampat) ©mda (via INaturalist)	2018 Fiji ©desertnaturalist (via INaturalist)


2018 Maluku (ID) ©Silki Anisa Hidayat (via INaturalist)	2019 Philippines ©Greg III Espera (via INaturalist)	2015 Lizard Is (Au) by Anne Hoggett (via Wikimedia Commons)


2015 Lizard Is (Au) by Anne Hoggett (via Wikimedia Commons)	2018 Sulawesi ©Lesley Clements (via INaturalist)	2013 Détroit de Torres (Au) by Kate Osborne (via Wikimedia Commons)
Indo-WPacifiq (no Red Sea)	Green Grape Coral	tropical
<35m / 20-40mm dia (corallites)		turbid waters, colonies phacéloïdes, enjoy indirect bright light, zooxanthellate, photophile, fragile
Euphyllia cristata



Euphyllia glabrescens
doris / aquaportail / saltcorner / coralsoftheworld	branching anchor coral	Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821 / NT / ITIS 53636

2019 Philippines ©mda (via INaturalist)	2006 Timor by Nick Hobgood (via Wikimedia Commons)	2009 Bunaken (Sulawesi) by Bernard DUPONT (via Wikimedia Commons)


2013 Malaysie by Waheed, Benzoni, van der Meij, Terraneo, Hoeksema (via Wikimedia Commons)	2007 by Ryan Boren (via Wikimedia Commons)	2018 Maluku (ID) ©Silki Anisa Hidayat (via INaturalist)
Indo-Pacifiq & Mer Rouge (rare)	Corail flambeau	tropical
1-60m / 20-30mm (corallites)	asexuée par fragmentation	sessile, tt substrat, colonies phacéloïdes, hermatypique, zooxanthellate
Euphyllia glabrescens



Fimbriaphyllia ancora
aquaportail / souslesmers / doris / liveaquaria / reef-guardian / animal-world / coralsoftheworld	Euphyllia ancora	Veron & Pichon, 1980 / VU / ITIS 53639

2012 Lembeh (Sulawesi) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)	2012 Lembeh (Sulawesi) ©mda (via INaturalist)	2012 Lembeh (Sulawesi) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)


2011 Raja Ampat ©mda (via INaturalist)	avec Apogon sealei, 2012 Lembeh (Sulawesi) ©mda (via INaturalist)	2011 Raja Ampat ©mda (via GooglePhotos)


2012 Lembeh (Sulawesi) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)	2012 Lembeh (Sulawesi) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)	avec Apogon sealei, 2012 Lembeh (Sulawesi) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)


2019 Bohol (Ph) ©mda (via INaturalist)	2011 Raja Ampat ©mda (via INaturalist)	2011 Raja Ampat ©mda (via INaturalist)


2006 Timor by Nick Hobgood (via Wikimedia Commons)	2007 Indonesia by Anders Poulsen (Deep Blue) (via Wikimedia Commons)	2014 Lizard Is (Au) by Anne Hoggett (via Wikimedia Commons)
Indo-WCentre Pacifiq	Corail à bulles croissantiformes	tropical
6-50m / 15 - 20cm ht / pt recouvrir de gds surfaces (nb m²)	sexuée ou fragmentation	mode calme, sessile, photophile modéré, colonies méandroïdes, hermatypique, zooxanthellate, nocturne
Fimbriaphyllia ancora



Fimbriaphyllia paraancora
meerwasser / reef-guardian / aquaportail	Euphyllia paraancora	Veron, 1990 / NT / ITIS 572132

2019 Maldives ©mda (via INaturalist)	2012 Lembeh (Sulawesi) ©mda (via INaturalist)


	2012 Philippines ©Blogie Robillo (via INaturalist)	2012 Philippines ©Blogie Robillo (via INaturalist)


2013 Malaysie by Waheed, Benzoni, van der Meij, Terraneo, Hoeksema (via Wikimedia Commons)	2006 ©Haplochromis (via Wikimedia Commons)	2011 Timor by Andrepiazza (via Wikimedia Commons)
Indo-Pacifiq	Corail à bulles	tropical
3-30m / corallites : 20-40mm dia tentacles 2-3cm lg	asexuée par fragmentation	récifs protéges, sessile, photophile modéré, colonies méandroïdes, hermatypique, zooxanthellate, peu courant
Fimbriaphyllia paraancora



Galaxea astreata
coralsoftheworld		Lamarck, 1816 / VU / ITIS 53408

2019 Inde ©Abhishek Jamalabad (via INaturalist)	2019 Sulawesi ©kellycarp (via INaturalist)	2019 Raja Ampat ©David R (via INaturalist)


2014 Thailand ©Chaloklum Diving (via Wikimedia Commons)	2014 Thailand ©Chaloklum Diving (via Wikimedia Commons)	2006 Lembeh (Sulawesi) by Samuel Chow (via Wikimedia Commons)
Indo-WPacifiq		tropical
		éclairage et brassage modéré
Galaxea astreata



Galaxea fascicularis
souslesmers / aquaportail / animal-world / reef-guardianen.wiki / meerwasser / coralsoftheworld	Galaxea hexagonalis corail gazonnant	Linnaeus, 1767 / NT / ITIS 53409

2012 Lembeh (Sulawesi) ©mda (via INaturalist)	2019 Maldives ©mda (via INaturalist)	2017 Soudan (Ph) ©mda (via INaturalist)


2019 Bohol (Ph) ©mda (via INaturalist)	2019 Bohol (Ph) ©mda (via INaturalist)	2019 Maldives ©mda (via INaturalist)


2015 Broome (Au) by Ryan McMinds (via Wikimedia Commons)	2013 Cairns (Au) by David Witherall and Jacob Crabtree (via Wikimedia Commons)	2009 Bunaken (Sulawesi) by Bernard DUPONT (via Wikimedia Commons)


2012 Samoa by NPS Photo - Larry Basch (via Wikimedia Commons)	2012 Samoa by NPS Photo - Larry Basch (via Wikimedia Commons)	2005 aquarium (San Diego) ©Stan Shebs (via Wikimedia Commons)
Indo-WPacifiq & Red Sea	Corail cristal	tropical
3-30m / 100-200cm wide / 15mm ht / 10-15mm (calice)	sexuée (gonochorique) + asexuée : budding	sessile, colonie de polypes en coussins ou colonnes, hermatypique, zooxanthellate, diurne, assez courant, urticant
Galaxea fascicularis



Plerogyra sinuosa

2019 Maldives ©mda (via INaturalist)	2019 Maldives ©mda (via INaturalist)
Plerogyra sinuosa