Open brain coral

Open brain coral
	Green open brain coral
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Hexacorallia
Order:	Scleractinia
Family:	Merulinidae
Genus:	Trachyphyllia; Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
Species:	T. geoffroyi
Binomial name
	Trachyphyllia geoffroyi; Audouin, 1826
Synonyms
	List (Genus) Antillophyllia Vaughan, 1932; Callogyra Verrill, 1901; Wellsophyllia Pichon, 1980; (Species) Antillia duncani Yabe & Sugiyama, 1931; Antillia flabelliformis Yabe & Sugiyama, 1931; Antillia geoffroyi (Audouin, 1826); Antillia infundibuliformis Gerth, 1921 †; Antillia orientalis Gerth, 1921 †; Callogyra formosa Verrill, 1901; Manicina amarantum Dana, 1846; Trachyphyllia amarantum (Dana, 1846); Trachyphyllia amarantus (Müller, 1775); Trachyphyllia lelandi Nemenzo, 1971; Trachyphyllia radiata (Pichon, 1980); Turbinolia geoffroyi Audouin, 1826; Wellsophyllia radiata Pichon, 1980;

The open brain coral (Trachyphyllia geoffroyi) is a brightly colored free-living coral species in the family Merulinidae. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Trachyphyllia and can be found throughout the Indo-Pacific.

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