Common names include Open Meat Coral, Meat Coral, Sea Button Coral, Button Coral, Cat's Eye Coral, Doughnut Coral, and Tooth Coral. It is a popular photosynthetic stony coral imported from the Philippines and the Solomon Islands. It's a single polyp animal and can get to the size of a dinner plate. Water quality appears not too important as it comes from high nutrient areas. Julian Sprung suggests there are three species in this genus, i.e., C. lacrymalis, C. deshayesiana, and C. macassarensis. He also notes that a previous described species in this library, which was shown as Scolymia vitiensis, is actually C. deshayesiana. Since I'm a non-scientist and have the greatest respect for him, whom I've known for at least two decades, I've moved the noted misidentified specimen to this genus as C. deshayesiana. Input such as this is welcome, and I thank Julian for bringing my attention to this matter.
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