Species Identification
Species Identification: Find Species
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Caryophylliidae cup corals

Genus: Caryophyllia

(See list of species below)


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Caryophyllia abrupta
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Caryophyllia abyssorum
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Caryophyllia alaskensis
[Tan cup coral]
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Caryophyllia alberti
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Caryophyllia ambrosia
[Horn stony coral]

Arntz, Wolf E.

Southeast Pacific, Southw

Caryophyllia antarcticavon Marenzeller, 1904

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Caryophyllia antarctica
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Caryophyllia antillarum
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Caryophyllia arnoldi
[Arnold's stony coral]
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Caryophyllia aspera
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Caryophyllia atlantica
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Caryophyllia balaenacea
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Caryophyllia barbadensis
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Caryophyllia berteriana
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Caryophyllia calveri
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Caryophyllia capensis
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Caryophyllia cincticulatus
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Max. Length 3 cm H

 
Caryophyllia communis
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Caryophyllia compressa
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Caryophyllia concreta
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Caryophyllia cornulum
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Caryophyllia corrugata
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Caryophyllia crosnieri
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Caryophyllia crypta
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Caryophyllia cyathus
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Caryophyllia decamera
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Caryophyllia dentata
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Caryophyllia diomedeae
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Caryophyllia eltaninae
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Caryophyllia ephyala
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Caryophyllia foresti
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Caryophyllia grandis
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Caryophyllia grayi
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Caryophyllia hawaiiensis
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Caryophyllia horologium
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Caryophyllia huinayensis
[Huinay cup coral]

Coudre, Christian

Eastern Atlantic and the

Caryophyllia inornata(Duncan, 1878)

Photo by Coudre, Christian
 
Caryophyllia inornata
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Caryophyllia japonica
[Stony coral]
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Caryophyllia jogashimaensis
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Caryophyllia karubarica
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Caryophyllia laevigata
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Max. Length 1.2 cm H

 
Caryophyllia lamellifera
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Caryophyllia mabahithi
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Caryophyllia marmorea
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Caryophyllia oblonga
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Caryophyllia octonaria
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Caryophyllia octopali
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Caryophyllia paradoxus
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Caryophyllia paucipalata
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Caryophyllia pauciseptata
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Caryophyllia perculta
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Caryophyllia planilamellata
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Caryophyllia polygona
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Caryophyllia profunda
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Caryophyllia quadragenaria
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Caryophyllia quangdongensis
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Caryophyllia ralphae
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Caryophyllia rugosa
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Caryophyllia sarsiae
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Caryophyllia scobinosa
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Caryophyllia secta
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Caryophyllia seguenzae
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Scott, Sue

Atlantic Ocean, the Medit

Caryophyllia smithiiStokes & Broderip, 1828

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Caryophyllia smithii
[Devonshire cup coral]
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Caryophyllia solida
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Caryophyllia spinicarens
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Caryophyllia spinigera
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Caryophyllia squiresi
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Caryophyllia stellula
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Caryophyllia tangaroae
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Caryophyllia transversalis
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Caryophyllia unicristata
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Caryophyllia valdiviae
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Caryophyllia versicolorata
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Caryophyllia zanzibarensis
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Caryophyllia zopyros
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