Cyphastrea is a genus of massive reef building stony corals in the family Merulinidae, commonly known as brain coral.
Species The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species: Cyphastrea agassizi (Vaughan, 1907) - Agassiz's brain coralFenner, Douglas (2005). Corals of Hawai'i : field guide to the hard, black, and soft corals of Hawai'i and the northwest Hawaiian Islands, including Midway. Honolulu, Hawai'i: Mutual Pub. . Cyphastrea chalcidicum (Forsskål, 1775) Cyphastrea decadia Moll & Best, 1984 Cyphastrea hexasepta Veron, Turak & DeVantier, 2000 Cyphastrea japonica Yabe & Sugiyama, 1932 Cyphastrea kausti Bouwmeester & Benzoni, 2015 Cyphastrea magna Benzoni & Arrigoni, 2017 Cyphastrea microphthalma (Lamarck, 1816) Cyphastrea ocellina (Dana, 1846) - ocellated brain coral Cyphastrea salae Baird, Hoogenboom & Huang, 2017 Cyphastrea serailia (Forsskål, 1775) Cyphastrea zhongjianensis Zou, 1980
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