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Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii Stokes & Broderip, 1828

Devonshire cup coral

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Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii

Rade de Brest, France, 10 meters, 2009, WBN

Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii

Glénan Archipelago, France, 11 meters, 2004, WBN

Classification

Source : World Register of Marine Species
Biota (Superdomain)
Animalia (Kingdom)
Cnidaria (Phylum)
Anthozoa (Subphylum)
Hexacorallia (Class)
Scleractinia (Order)
Vacatina (Suborder)
Caryophylliidae (Family)
Caryophyllia (Genus)
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) (Subgenus)
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii (Species)

Authors

Text : Wilfried Bay-Nouailhat © 2008 - 2025.

Photos : © Wilfried Bay-Nouailhat. Published with his kind permission.
Websites and reference works : Consult bibliography

Image satellite: © Esri, DigitalGlobe, GeoEye, Earthstar Geographics, CNES/Airbus DS, USDA, USGS, AeroGRID, IGN, and the GIS User Community.

Données de distribution : Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii Stokes & Broderip, 1828 in GBIF Secretariat (2019). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-09-17.

Guide des Tuniciers

Classification

Source : World Register of Marine Species


Biota (Superdomain)
Animalia (Kingdom)
Cnidaria (Phylum)
Anthozoa (Subphylum)
Hexacorallia (Class)
Scleractinia (Order)
Vacatina (Suborder)
Caryophylliidae (Family)
Caryophyllia (Genus)
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) (Subgenus)
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii (Species)

Guide des Tuniciers

Authors

Text : Wilfried Bay-Nouailhat © 2008 - 2025.

Photos : © Wilfried Bay-Nouailhat. Published with his kind permission.
Websites and reference works : Consult bibliography

How to cite this page

Bay-Nouailhat W., June 2008, Description of Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii, [On line] https://european-marine-life.org/05/caryophyllia-(caryophyllia)-smithii.php, consulted on 2025 September 17.

Author

Photographie de Wilfried Bay-Nouailhat

Wilfried Bay-Nouailhat

Plongeur - Naturaliste
Photographe Sous-Marin

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