Poole, Karen E.
Oxypora
Sign in to saveOxypora is a genus of large polyp stony corals. Members of this genus are colonial corals and are generally foliaceous.
Species
green-eyed cup coral
KINGDOM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumCnidaria
- ClassHexacorallia
- OrderScleractinia
- FamilyLobophylliidae
Habitatmarine
Observations203
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 61
- With media
- 7
- Family
- Lobophylliidae
- Collections
- NHMUK, YPM, MNHN, USNM, WAM, UF
- Recorded in
- Indonesia, Fiji, France, Palau, Australia, Philippines
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Lobophylliidae
- Image
- Oxypora glabra.JPG
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- taxon name
- Oxypora
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Oxypora
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Encyclopedic overview
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Oxypora is a genus of large polyp stony corals. Members of this genus are colonial corals and are generally foliaceous.
They usually have very thin leaves. Majority are native to the Indo-Pacific and are sometimes found in reef aquariums.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oxypora” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.