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Boulder Brain Coral

Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn 1772)

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn 1772)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Colpophyllia amaranthus
Species recognized by The Bahamas Species List, Caribbean Sea Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, and North Atlantic Species List
Colpophyllia breviserialis
Species recognized by The Bahamas Species List, Mexico Species List, Caribbean Sea Species List, and Gulf of Mexico Species List
Colpophyllia breviserialis Milne-Edwards & Haime 1849
Recognized by OBIS environmental data records
Colpophyllia gyrosa
Species recognized by Dominican Republic Species List and North Atlantic Species List
Colpophyllia gyrosa
Recognized by OBIS environmental data records
Colpophyllia natans
Species recognized by wikipedia NL, wikipedia VI, Bonaire Saint Eustatius and Saba Species List, Cayman Islands Species List, Colombia Species List, Dominican Republic Species List, British Virgin Islands Species List, Honduras Species List, Jamaica Species List, Panama Species List, The Bahamas Species List, Turks and Caicos Islands Species List, US Virgin Islands Species List, Cuba Species List, Mexico Species List, Caribbean Sea Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, North Atlantic Species List, NCBI, EOL authors, and United States Species List
Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn 1772)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, GBIF classification, and Aruba Species List
Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn 1772)
Recognized by NBII images, Conabio, and OBIS environmental data records
Colpophyllia amaranthus
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, wikipedia FR, CITES, and Global Biotic Interactions
Colpophyllia amaranthus
Recognized by coraltraits
Colpophyllia amaranthus (O. F. Müller 1775)
Recognized by Scleractinia Lifestyle
Colpophyllia breviserialis
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Colpophyllia breviserialis Milne Edwards & Haime 1849
Recognized by Scleractinia Lifestyle
Colpophyllia natans
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, Paleobiology Database, wikipedia ES, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikipedia (inferred records), Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Hughes, 1987, and Global Biotic Interactions
Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn 1772)
Species recognized by IUCN, Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023, iNaturalist, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test, and World Register of Marine Species
Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn 1772)
Recognized by Scleractinia Lifestyle and NMNH Collection

Alternative Names

Colpophyllia amaranthus (Houttuyn 1772)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Colpophyllia astreaeformis Duchaissang & Michelotti 1860
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Colpophyllia fragilis (Dana 1846)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Colpophyllia natans f. amaranthus Houttuyn 1772
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Colpophyllia natans f. astreaeformis Pfaff 1969
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Colpophyllia natans var. astreaeformis Duchassaing & Michelotti 1860
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Colpophyllia tenuis Milne Edwards & Haime 1849
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Madrepora amaranthus Houttuyn 1772
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Madrepora gyrosa Ellis & Solander 1786
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Madrepora natans (Houttuyn 1772)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Madrepora natans Houttuyn 1772
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Manicina fissa Ehrenberg 1834
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Meandrina gyrosa (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Mussa gyrosa (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Colpophyllia amaranthus (Houttuyn 1772)
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Colpophyllia breviserialis Milne Edwards & Haime 1849
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Colpophyllia gyrosa (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Colpophyllia natans fm. astreaeformis Pfaff 1969
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Colpophyllia natans fm. breviserialis (Milne-Edwards & Haime 1849)
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Madrepora gyrosa Ellis & Solander 1786
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Madrepora natans Houttuyn 1772
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Meandrina gyrosa (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Colpophyllia amaranthus (Houttuyn 1772)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Colpophyllia amaranthus (Houttuyn 1772)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Colpophyllia astreaeformis Duchaissang & Michelotti 1860
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Colpophyllia astreaeformis Duchaissang & Michelotti 1860
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Colpophyllia breviserialis
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Colpophyllia fragilis (Dana 1846)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Colpophyllia fragilis (Dana 1846)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Colpophyllia gyrosa (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Colpophyllia natans f. amaranthus Houttuyn 1772
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Colpophyllia natans f. amaranthus Houttuyn 1772
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Colpophyllia natans f. astreaeformis Pfaff 1969
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Colpophyllia natans f. astreaeformis Pfaff 1969
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Colpophyllia natans var. astreaeformis Duchassaing & Michelotti 1860
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Colpophyllia natans var. astreaeformis Duchassaing & Michelotti 1860
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Colpophyllia tenuis Milne Edwards & Haime 1849
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Colpophyllia tenuis Milne Edwards & Haime 1849
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Leptoria fragilis Duchassaing & Michelotti 1860
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Madrepora amaranthus Houttuyn 1772
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Madrepora amaranthus Houttuyn 1772
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Madrepora gyrosa Ellis & Solander 1786
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Madrepora gyrosa Ellis & Solander 1786
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Madrepora natans
Recombined according to Paleobiology Database
Madrepora natans (Houttuyn 1772)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Madrepora natans (Houttuyn 1772)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Madrepora natans Houttuyn 1772
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Madrepora natans Houttuyn 1772
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Manicina fissa Ehrenberg 1834
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Manicina fissa Ehrenberg 1834
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Matrepora gyrosa (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Matrepora natans (Houtuyn 1772)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Meandrina gyrosa (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Meandrina gyrosa (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Mussa gyrosa (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Mussa gyrosa (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Common Names

English

Boulder brain coral
prefer
Recognized by Conabio and Wikidata Common Names
Amaranth Coral
prefer
Recognized by CITES
Boulder Brain Coral preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
boulder brain coral
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species
large grooved brain coral
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species
largegrooved brain coral
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Spanish; Castilian

Coral cerebro gigante preferred
Recognized by Conabio
Coral de amaranto
prefer
Recognized by CITES

Curated hierarchies for Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn 1772)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Cnidaria
Anthozoa Ehrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia Haeckel 1896
Scleractinia Bourne 1900
Faviidae Milne Edwards & Haime 1857
Faviinae Milne Edwards & Haime 1857
Colpophyllia Milne Edwards & Haime 1848
Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn 1772) (this page)
Colpophyllia breviserialis Milne Edwards & Haime 1849
Colpophyllia duncani Wells 1935
Colpophyllia elegans Budd 1992
Colpophyllia reagani Durham 1942
Colpophyllia willoughbiensis (Vaughan 1919)

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Hexacorallia
Scleractinia
Faviidae Milne Edwards & Haime 1857
Faviinae Milne Edwards & Haime 1857
Colpophyllia Milne Edwards & Haime 1848
Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn 1772) (this page)
Colpophyllia breviserialis Milne Edwards & Haime 1849
Colpophyllia duncani Wells 1935
Colpophyllia elegans Budd 1992
Colpophyllia iranica (Schuster 2002)
Colpophyllia reagani Durham 1942
Colpophyllia willoughbiensis (Vaughan 1919)

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Cnidaria
Anthozoa Ehrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia Haeckel 1896
Scleractinia Bourne 1900
Faviidae Milne Edwards & Haime 1857
Faviinae Milne Edwards & Haime 1857
Colpophyllia Milne Edwards & Haime 1848
Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn 1772) (this page)
Colpophyllia breviserialis Milne Edwards & Haime 1849
Colpophyllia duncani Wells 1935
Colpophyllia elegans Budd 1992
Colpophyllia reagani Durham 1942
Colpophyllia willoughbiensis (Vaughan 1919)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
Faviidae
Colpophyllia
Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn 1772) (this page)

GBIF classification

Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
Faviidae
Colpophyllia Milne Edwards & Haime 1848
Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn 1772) (this page)
Ceriosmilia iranica (Schuster 2002)
Colpophyllia amaranthus (O. F. Müller 1775)
Colpophyllia duncani Wells 1935
Colpophyllia elegans Budd et al. 1992
Colpophyllia mexicanum Frost & Langenheim 1974
Colpophyllia multisepta Chevalier 1961
Colpophyllia nicholasi Squires
Colpophyllia reagani Durham 1942
Colpophyllia slavutytschensis Kuzmicheva 1987
Colpophyllia tenuis Milne Edwards & Haime 1849
Colpophyllia willoughbiensis (Vaughan 1919)
Hydnophora longicollis (Reuss 1864)
Hydnophyllia applanata (Gerth 1923)
Hydnophyllia malayica (Gerth 1923)
Monticularia meandrinoides (Michelin 1842)
Mycetophyllia inaequalis (Pratz 1910)

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Cnidaria Hatschek 1888
Anthozoa
Anthozoa Ehrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia
Scleractinia Bourne 1900
Faviina Vaughan & Wells 1943
Faviidae Gregory 1900
Colpophyllia Milne-Edwards & Haime 1848
Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn 1772) (this page)
Colpophyllia amaranthus (O. F. Müller 1775)
Colpophyllia breviserialis Milne-Edwards & Haime 1849

IUCN

Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
Faviidae
Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn 1772) (this page)
Barabattoia amicorum (Milne Edwards & Haime 1850)
Barabattoia laddi (Wells 1954)
Caulastrea connata (Ortmann 1892)
Caulastrea echinulata (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849)
Caulastrea furcata Dana 1846
Caulastrea tumida Matthai 1928
Cladocora caespitosa (Linnaeus 1767)
Cyphastrea chalcidicum (Forskål 1775)
Cyphastrea hexasepta Veron Turak & De Vantier 2000
Cyphastrea ocellina (Dana 1864)
Cyphastrea serailia (Forskål 1775)
Diploastrea heliopora (Lamarck 1816)
Diploria clivosa (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Diploria labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus 1758)
Diploria strigosa (Dana 1848)
Echinopora ashmorensis Veron 1990
Echinopora fruticulosa (Ehrenberg 1834)
Echinopora gemmacea Lamarck 1816
Echinopora grandicula Claereboudt 2006
Echinopora hirsutissima Milne Edwards & Haime 1849
Echinopora horrida Dana 1846
Echinopora irregularis Veron Turak & De Vantier 2000
Echinopora lamellosa (Esper 1795)
Echinopora mammiformis (Nemenzo 1959)
Echinopora pacificus Veron 1990
Echinopora robusta Veron 2002
Echinopora taylorae (Veron 2002)
Echinopora tiranensis Veron Turak & De Vantier 2000
Favia albidus Veron 2002
Favia danae Verrill 1872
Favia lacuna Veron Turak & De Vantier 2000
Favia laxa (Klunzinger 1879)
Favia leptophylla Verrill 1868
Favia lizardensis Veron & Pichon 1977
Favia marshae Veron 2002
Favia maxima Veron Pichon & Wijsman-Best 1972
Favia pallida (Dana 1846)
Favia rosaria Veron 2002
Favia rotumana (Gardiner 1899)
Favia rotundata Veron Pichon & Wijsman-Best 1972
Favia speciosa Dana 1846
Favia truncatus Veron 2002
Favia veroni Moll & Borel-Best 1984
Favia vietnamensis Veron 2002
Favites abdita (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Favites acuticollis (Ortmann 1889)
Favites complanata (Ehrenberg 1834)
Favites flexuosa (Dana 1846)
Favites halicora (Ehrenberg 1834)
Favites pentagona (Esper 1794)
Favites russelli (Wells 1954)
Favites vasta (Klunzinger 1879)
Goniastrea aspera Verrill 1905
Goniastrea australensis (Milne Edwards & Haime 1857)
Goniastrea columella Crossland 1948
Goniastrea deformis Veron 1990
Goniastrea edwardsi Chevalier 1971
Goniastrea favulus (Dana 1846)
Goniastrea minuta Veron 2002
Goniastrea palauensis (Yabe & Sugiyama 1936)
Goniastrea pectinata (Ehrenberg 1834)
Goniastrea ramosa Veron 2002
Leptastrea aequalis Veron 2002
Leptastrea bewickensis Veron & Pichon 1977
Leptastrea bottae (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849)
Leptastrea inaequalis Klunzinger 1879
Leptastrea pruinosa Crossland 1952
Leptastrea purpurea (Dana 1846)
Leptoria irregularis Veron 1990
Leptoria phrygia (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Manicina areolata (Linnaeus 1758)
Montastraea annularis (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Montastraea cavernosa (Linnaeus 1766)
Montastraea faveolata (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Montastraea franksi (Gregory 1895)
Montastrea annuligera (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849)
Montastrea colemani Veron 2002
Montastrea curta (Dana 1846)
Montastrea magnistellata Chevalier 1971
Montastrea multipunctata Hodgson 1985
Montastrea salebrosa (Nemenzo 1959)
Montastrea serageldini Veron 2002
Montastrea valenciennesi (Milne Edwards & Haime 1848)
Moseleya latistellata Quelch 1884
Oulastrea crispata (Lamarck 1816)
Oulophyllia bennettae (Veron & Pichon 1977)
Oulophyllia crispa (Lamarck 1816)
Oulophyllia levis Nemenzo 1959
Platygyra acuta Veron 2002
Platygyra contorta Veron 1990
Platygyra crosslandi Matthai 1928
Platygyra daedalea (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Platygyra pini Chevalier 1975
Platygyra ryukyuensis Yabe & Sugiyama 1936
Platygyra sinensis (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849)
Platygyra verweyi Wijsman-Best 1976
Platygyra yaeyamaensis Eguchi & Shirai 1977
Plesiastrea devantieri Veron 2002
Plesiastrea versipora (Lamarck 1816)
Solenastrea hyades (Dana 1846)
29 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Hexacorallia
Scleractinia
Faviina
Mussidae
Faviinae
Colpophyllia
Colpophyllia natans (this page)

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Radiata
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Hexacorallia
Scleractinia
Faviidae
Colpophyllia
Colpophyllia amaranthus (this page)
Colpophyllia amarnthus
Colpophyllia breviserialis
Colpophyllia natans

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Radiata
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Hexacorallia
Scleractinia
Faviidae
Colpophyllia
Colpophyllia breviserialis (this page)
Colpophyllia amaranthus
Colpophyllia amarnthus
Colpophyllia natans

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Radiata
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Hexacorallia
Scleractinia
Faviidae
Colpophyllia
Colpophyllia natans (this page)
Colpophyllia amaranthus
Colpophyllia amarnthus
Colpophyllia breviserialis

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
Faviidae
Colpophyllia
Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn 1772) (this page)
Colpophyllia breviserialis Milne Edwards & Haime 1849
Colpophyllia duncani Wells 1935
Colpophyllia elegans Budd 1992
Colpophyllia iranica (Schuster 2002)
Colpophyllia multisepta Chevalier 1961
Colpophyllia reagani Durham 1942
Colpophyllia willoughbiensis (Vaughan 1919)
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