Caryophyllia

Caryophyllia is a genus of solitary corals in the family Caryophylliidae. Members of this genus are azooxanthellate (do not contain symbiotic algae) and are found in the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea at depths down to .

==Subgenera== The genus has two subgenera and the following species according to the World Register of Marine Species:- Subgenus Acanthocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 Caryophyllia decamera Cairns, 1998 Caryophyllia dentata (Moseley, 1881) Caryophyllia grayi (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) Caryophyllia karubarica Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997 Caryophyllia quangdongensis Zou, 1984 Caryophyllia spinicarens (Moseley, 1881) Caryophyllia spinigera (Saville-Kent, 1871) Caryophyllia unicristata Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997 Caryophyllia zanzibarensis Zou, 1984 Subgenus Caryophyllia Lamarck, 1801 Caryophyllia abrupta Cairns, 1999 Caryophyllia abyssorum Duncan, 1873 Caryophyllia alaskensis Vaughan, 1941 Caryophylliax alberti Zibrowius, 1980 Caryophyllia ambrosia Alcock, 1898 Caryophyllia antarctica Marenzeller, 1904 Caryophyllia antillarum Pourtalès, 1874 Caryophyllia arnoldi Vaughan, 1900 Caryophyllia aspera Kitahara, Cairns & Miller, 2010 Caryophyllia atlantica (Duncan, 1873) Caryophyllia balanacea Zibrowius & Gili, 1990 Caryophyllia barbadensis Cairns, 1979 Caryophyllia berteriana Duchassaing, 1850 Caryophyllia calveri Duncan, 1873 Caryophyllia cintinculata (Alcock, 1898) Caryophyllia concreta Kitahara, Cairns & Miller, 2010 Caryophyllia conferta Dana, 1846 Caryophyllia cornulum Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997 Caryophyllia corona Duchassaing, 1870 Caryophyllia coronula Cairns & Polonio, 2013 Caryophyllia corrugata Cairns, 1979 Caryophyllia crosnieri Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997 Caryophyllia crypta Cairns, 2000 Caryophyllia cyathus (Ellis & Solander, 1786) Caryophyllia diomedeae Marenzeller, 1904 Caryophyllia eltaninae Cairns, 1982 Caryophyllia ephyala Alcock, 1891 Caryophyllia foresti Zibrowius, 1980 Caryophyllia grandis Gardiner & Waugh, 1938 Caryophyllia hawaiiensis Vaughan, 1907 Caryophyllia horologium Cairns, 1977 Caryophyllia huinayensis Cairns, Haeussermann & Foersterra, 2005 Caryophyllia inornata (Duncan, 1878) Caryophyllia japonica Marenzeller, 1888 Caryophyllia jogashimaensis Eguchi, 1968 Caryophyllia kellerae Cairns & Polonio, 2013 Caryophyllia laevigata Kitahara, Cairns & Miller, 2010 Caryophyllia lamellifera Moseley, 1881 Caryophyllia mabahithi Gardiner & Waugh, 1938 Caryophyllia marmorea Cairns, 1984 Caryophyllia oblonga Kitahara, Cairns & Miller, 2010 Caryophyllia octonaria Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997 Caryophyllia octopali Vaughan, 1907 Caryophyllia paradoxus Alcock, 1898 Caryophyllia paucipalata Moseley, 1881 Caryophyllia perculta Cairns, 1991 Caryophyllia planilamellata Dennant, 1906 Caryophyllia polygona Pourtalès, 1878 Caryophyllia profunda Moseley, 1881 Caryophyllia protei Duchassaing, 1870 Caryophyllia quadragenaria Alcock, 1902 Caryophyllia ralphae Cairns, 1995 Caryophyllia rugosa Moseley, 1881 Caryophyllia sarsiae Zibrowius, 1974 Caryophyllia scobinosa Alcock, 1902 Caryophyllia secta Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997 Caryophyllia seguenzae Duncan, 1873 Caryophyllia sewelli Gardiner & Waugh, 1938 Caryophyllia smithii Stokes & Broderip, 1828 Caryophyllia solida Cairns, 1991 Caryophyllia squiresi Cairns, 1982 Caryophyllia stellula Cairns, 1998 Caryophyllia tangaroae Kitahara, Cairns & Miller, 2010 Caryophyllia transversalis Moseley, 1881 Caryophyllia valdiviae Zibrowius & Gili, 1990 Caryophyllia versicolorata Kitahara, Cairns & Miller, 2010 Caryophyllia zopyros Cairns, 1979