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Symphyllia

Symphyllia radians

Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849

Brain Coral

Likely Reef Tank Suitable

Likely Fish-Only Tank Suitable

Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Red Sea, eastern Africa, northwest to Japan, and south to Australia.

Natural Environment: Inhabits exposed upper reef slopes and fringing reefs.

General Husbandry: Occasionally seen in the trade, and quite hardy.

Care requirements similar to Symphyllia agaricia.

Taxonomy:

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Cnidaria

    Class: Anthozoa

    Subclass: Hexacorallia

    Order: Scleractinia

    Family: Mussidae

    Genus: Symphyllia

 Symphyllia radians (Brain Coral)
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