Duncan, 1884
Type species: Physophyllia ayleni Wells, 1934
Total number of species estimated: 1.
Characteristics: Corals zooxanthellate; encrusting to foliaceous. Polyps (corallites) large and adjacent to each other, each forming shallow calices (Vaughan and Wells, 1943).
Ecology: Little is known about the ecology.
Range: Indo-West Pacific.
Additional remarks: Corals of this genus more foliaceous than those of Pectinia; they have clearer calices than in Echinophyllia.
Key references: Vaughan and Wells, 1943; Veron, 1986.