Fimbriaphyllia divisa

Frogspawn coral
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Subphylum: Anthozoa
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Euphylliidae
Genus: Fimbriaphyllia
Species:
F. divisa
Binomial name
Fimbriaphyllia divisa
(Veron & Pichon, 1980)
Synonyms
  • Euphyllia (Fimbriaphyllia) divisa Veron & Pichon, 1980
  • Euphyllia divisa Veron & Pichon, 1980

Fimbriaphyllia divisa, commonly known as frogspawn coral, 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.

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

References

  1. 1 2 Johnson, J.; Luzon, K.; Dellisanti, W.; Cowburn, B.; Lewis, C. (2024). "Fimbriaphyllia divisa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024 e.T133225A165781677. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T133225A165781677.en.
  2. 1 2 "Fimbriaphyllia divisa (Veron & Pichon, 1980)". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 6 September 2026.
  3. ↑ Luzon, Katrina S.; Lin, Mei-Fang; Ablan Lagman, Ma. Carmen A.; Licuanan, Wilfredo Roehl Y.; Chen, Chaolun Allen (4 December 2017). "Resurrecting a subgenus to genus: molecular phylogeny of Euphyllia and Fimbriaphyllia (order Scleractinia; family Euphyllidae; clade V)". PeerJ. 5 e4074. Bibcode:2017PeerJ...5e4074L. doi:10.7717/peerj.4074. PMC 5719963. PMID 29226032.
  4. ↑ Tim Wijgerde. "Euphyllia paradivisa". Coralscience.org. Coral Publications. Retrieved 2011-12-21.