Genus Oulophyllia

Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848

Oulophyllia crispa (4)

Type species: Oulophyllia crispa (Lamarck, 1816)

Total number of species estimated: 6

Characteristics: Like Favites, but meandroid; colony formation by intramural polystomodaeal budding. Series short, discontinuous, separated by single, acute collines. Centers indistinct, linked by trabeculae. The collines are parathecal, very thin, often even perforated.

Range: Indo-Pacific.

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