Euphyllia divisa explained

Euphyllia divisa (reclassified in 2017 as Fimbriaphyllia divisa[1]), commonly known as frogspawn coral and sometimes misspelled Euphyllia divisia, is a large-polyped stony coral native to the Indo-Pacific islands. It is a commonly kept species in the marine aquarium hobby. The related coral Fimbriaphyllia paradivisa is frequently misidentified as frogspawn leading to some confusion. Fimbriaphyllia divisa has a corallite skeleton with a flabello-meandroid "wall" structure whereas Fimbriaphyllia paradivisa has a tree-like branching structure with separate corallites.[2]

Distribution and habitat

It is native to the Indo-Pacific, Australia, Southeast Asia, the Ryukyu Islands and East China Sea, the Solomon Islands, Fiji, and Palau

Notes and References

  1. Luzon . Katrina S. . Lin . Mei-Fang . Ablan Lagman . Ma. Carmen A. . Licuanan . Wilfredo Roehl Y. . Chen . Chaolun Allen . Resurrecting a subgenus to genus: molecular phylogeny of Euphyllia and Fimbriaphyllia (order Scleractinia; family Euphyllidae; clade V) . PeerJ . 4 December 2017 . 5 . e4074 . 10.7717/peerj.4074 . 29226032 . 5719963 . free .
  2. Web site: Euphyllia paradivisa. Tim Wijgerde. Coralscience.org. Coral Publications. 2011-12-21.