Euphyllia cristata

Euphyllia cristata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Euphylliidae
Genus: Euphyllia
Species: E. cristata
Binomial name
Euphyllia cristata
Chevalier, 1971

Euphyllia cristata, commonly called grape coral, is a species of hard coral in the family Euphylliidae.[1]

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.[1]

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.[2]

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