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Oxypora echinata (Saville-Kent, 1871)
Description: Colonies are thin, flat to vase-shaped laminae with a conspicuous central corallite in smaller colonies and widely spaced radial corallites. Costae are exsert, unequal and smooth or toothed.
Color: Mottled brown, green and red.
Habitat: Protected reef environments, especially vertical faces and lower reef slopes.
Abundance: Usually rare.
Similar Species: Resembles Oxypora crassispinosa more than other Echinophyllia species.
Synonyms:
Echinophyllia echinata (Saville Kent, 1871) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Echinophyllia magna Gardiner, 1904 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tridacophyllia echinata Saville Kent, 1871 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Description: Colonies are thin, flat to vase-shaped laminae with a conspicuous central corallite in smaller colonies and widely spaced radial corallites. Costae are exsert, unequal and smooth or toothed.
Color: Mottled brown, green and red.
Habitat: Protected reef environments, especially vertical faces and lower reef slopes.
Abundance: Usually rare.
Similar Species: Resembles Oxypora crassispinosa more than other Echinophyllia species.
Synonyms:
Echinophyllia echinata (Saville Kent, 1871) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Echinophyllia magna Gardiner, 1904 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tridacophyllia echinata Saville Kent, 1871 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)