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Lesser Knob Coral

Cyphastrea microphthalma (Lamarck 1816)

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Cyphastrea microphthalma (Lamarck 1816)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Astrea (Orbicella) microphthalma
Recognized by OBIS environmental data records
Cyphastrea aspera
Species recognized by Vanuatu Species List, Coral Sea Species List, and South Pacific Species List
Cyphastrea aspera
Recognized by OBIS environmental data records
Cyphastrea gardineri
Species recognized by Coral Sea Species List
Cyphastrea gardineri Matthai
Recognized by OBIS environmental data records
Cyphastrea microphthalma
Species recognized by wikipedia NL, wikipedia VI, Australia Species List, China Species List, Christmas Island Species List, Federated States of Micronesia Species List, Guam Species List, Maldives Species List, Marshall Islands Species List, New Caledonia Species List, Palau Species List, Philippines Species List, Seychelles Species List, Taiwan Species List, Japan Species List, Indonesia Species List, Andaman Sea Species List, Arabian Sea Species List, Arafura Sea Species List, Banda Sea Species List, Coral Sea Species List, Eastern China Sea Species List, Flores Sea Species List, Gulf of Aqaba Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, Java Sea Species List, Makassar Strait Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, Halmahera Sea Species List, Molukka Sea Species List, North Pacific Species List, Red Sea Species List, Savu Sea Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, South China Sea Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, South Pacific Species List, NCBI, and Timor Sea Species List
Cyphastrea microphthalma
Recognized by Furui 2020
Cyphastrea microphthalma (Lamarck 1816)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, GBIF classification, and Bahrain Species List
Cyphastrea microphthalma (Lamarck 1816)
Recognized by OBIS environmental data records
Cyphastrea savignyi Edwards & Haime
Recognized by OBIS environmental data records
Cyphastrea microphthalma
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, Paleobiology Database, wikipedia FR, CITES, and Barcode of Life Data Systems
Cyphastrea microphthalma
Recognized by coraltraits
Cyphastrea microphthalma (Lamarck 1816)
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
Cyphastrea microphthalma (Lamarck 1816)
Recognized by Scleractinia Lifestyle

Alternative Names

Astraea (Orbicella) microphthalma Lamarck 1816
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Astraea microphthalma Lamarck 1816
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Astrea microphthalma Lamarck 1816
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Cyphastraea microphthalma (Lamarck 1816)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Cyphastraea savignyi Milne Edwards & Haime 1849
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Cyphastraea serailia var. gardineri Matthai 1914
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Cyphastrea aspera Quelch 1886
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Cyphastrea gardineri Matthai 1914
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Cyphastrea minuta Nemenzo & Ferraris 1982
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Cyphastrea muelleri Milne Edwards & Haime 1851
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Cyphastrea savignyi Milne Edwards & Haime 1849
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Favia microphthalma (Lamarck 1816)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Astraea microphthalma Lamarck 1816
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Astrea microphthalma Lamarck 1816
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Cyphastrea aspera Quelch 1886
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Cyphastrea gardineri Matthai 1914
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Cyphastrea minuta Nemenzo & Ferraris 1982
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Cyphastrea muelleri Milne Edwards & Haime 1851
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Cyphastrea savignyi Milne Edwards & Haime 1849
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Astraea (Orbicella) microphthalma Lamarck 1816
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Astraea (Orbicella) microphthalma Lamarck 1816
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Astraea microphthalma Lamarck 1816
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Astraea microphthalma Lamarck 1816
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Astrea microphthalma
Recombined according to Paleobiology Database
Astrea microphthalma
Synonym according to CITES
Astrea microphthalma Lamarck 1816
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Astrea microphthalma Lamarck 1816
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Cyphastraea microphthalma (Lamarck 1816)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Cyphastraea microphthalma (Lamarck 1816)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Cyphastraea muelleri Milne Edwards & Haime 1851
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Cyphastraea savignyi Milne Edwards & Haime 1849
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Cyphastraea savignyi Milne Edwards & Haime 1849
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Cyphastraea serailia var. gardineri Matthai 1914
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Cyphastraea serailia var. gardineri Matthai 1914
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Cyphastrea aspera
Synonym according to CITES
Cyphastrea aspera Quelch 1886
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Cyphastrea aspera Quelch 1886
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Cyphastrea gardineri
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Cyphastrea gardineri
Synonym according to CITES
Cyphastrea gardineri Matthai 1914
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Cyphastrea gardineri Matthai 1914
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Cyphastrea minuta
Synonym according to CITES
Cyphastrea minuta Nemenzo & Ferraris 1982
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Cyphastrea minuta Nemenzo & Ferraris 1982
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Cyphastrea muellerae
Synonym according to CITES
Cyphastrea muellerae Milne Edwards & Haime 1851
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Cyphastrea muelleri Milne Edwards & Haime 1851
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Cyphastrea muelleri Milne Edwards & Haime 1851
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Cyphastrea savigny Milne Edwards & Haime 1849
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Cyphastrea savignyi
Synonym according to CITES
Cyphastrea savignyi Milne Edwards & Haime 1849
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Cyphastrea savignyi Milne Edwards & Haime 1849
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Favia microphthalma (Lamarck 1816)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Favia microphthalma (Lamarck 1816)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Orbicella microphthalma (Lamarck 1816)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Common Names

English

Lesser Knob Coral preferred
Recognized by CITES
lesser knob coral
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Japanese

トゲキクメイシ preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020 and World Register of Marine Species

Curated hierarchies for Cyphastrea microphthalma (Lamarck 1816)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Cnidaria
Anthozoa Ehrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia Haeckel 1896
Scleractinia Bourne 1900
Merulinidae Verrill 1865
Cyphastrea Milne Edwards & Haime 1848
Cyphastrea microphthalma (Lamarck 1816) (this page)
Cyphastrea agassizi (Vaughan 1907)
Cyphastrea chalcidicum (Forskål 1775)
Cyphastrea decadia Moll & Best 1984
Cyphastrea glomerata Nemenzo 1988
Cyphastrea hexasepta Veron, Turak & De Vantier 2000
Cyphastrea japonica Yabe & Sugiyama 1932
Cyphastrea kausti Bouwmeester & Benzoni 2015
Cyphastrea magna Benzoni & Arrigoni 2017
Cyphastrea nodulosa Verill 1901
Cyphastrea ocellina (Dana 1846)
Cyphastrea salae Baird, Hoogenboom & Huang 2017
Cyphastrea serailia (Forskål 1775)
Cyphastrea zhongjianensis Zou 1980

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Hexacorallia
Scleractinia
Merulinidae Milne Edwards & Haime 1857
Cyphastrea Milne Edwards & Haime 1848
Cyphastrea microphthalma (Lamarck 1816) (this page)
Cyphastrea agassizi (Vaughan 1907)
Cyphastrea chalcidicum (Forskål 1775)
Cyphastrea crassa Gerth 1923
Cyphastrea cymotoma Felix 1913
Cyphastrea decadia Moll & Best 1984
Cyphastrea gemmulifera Gerth 1921
Cyphastrea hexasepta Veron, Turak & De Vantier 2000
Cyphastrea japonica Yabe & Sugiyama 1932
Cyphastrea kausti Bouwmeester & Benzoni 2015
Cyphastrea magna Benzoni & Arrigoni 2017
Cyphastrea monticulifera Felix 1921
Cyphastrea niasensis Gerth 1925
Cyphastrea ocellina (Dana 1846)
Cyphastrea progoensis Gerth 1933
Cyphastrea rembangensis Gerth 1933
Cyphastrea salae Baird, Hoogenboom & Huang 2017
Cyphastrea serailia (Forskål 1775)
Cyphastrea tubifera Gerth 1923
Cyphastrea wanneri Felix 1915
Cyphastrea zhongjianensis Zou 1980

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Cnidaria
Anthozoa Ehrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia Haeckel 1896
Scleractinia Bourne 1900
Merulinidae Verrill 1865
Cyphastrea Milne Edwards & Haime 1848
Cyphastrea microphthalma (Lamarck 1816) (this page)
Cyphastrea agassizi (Vaughan 1907)
Cyphastrea chalcidicum (Forskål 1775)
Cyphastrea decadia Moll & Best 1984
Cyphastrea glomerata Nemenzo 1988
Cyphastrea hexasepta Veron, Turak & De Vantier 2000
Cyphastrea japonica Yabe & Sugiyama 1932
Cyphastrea kausti Bouwmeester & Benzoni 2015
Cyphastrea magna Benzoni & Arrigoni 2017
Cyphastrea nodulosa Verill 1901
Cyphastrea ocellina (Dana 1846)
Cyphastrea salae Baird, Hoogenboom & Huang 2017
Cyphastrea serailia (Forskål 1775)
Cyphastrea zhongjianensis Zou 1980

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
Merulinidae
Cyphastrea
Cyphastrea microphthalma (Lamarck 1816) (this page)
Cyphastrea agassizi (Vaughan 1907)
Cyphastrea chalcidicum (Forskål 1775)
Cyphastrea decadia Moll & Best 1984
Cyphastrea hexasepta Veron, Turak & De Vantier 2000
Cyphastrea japonica Yabe & Sugiyama 1932
Cyphastrea kausti Bouwmeester & Benzoni 2015
Cyphastrea magna Benzoni & Arrigoni 2017
Cyphastrea ocellina (Dana 1846)
Cyphastrea salae Baird, Hoogenboom & Huang 2017
Cyphastrea serailia (Forskål 1775)
Cyphastrea zhongjianensis Zou 1980

GBIF classification

Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
Merulinidae
Cyphastrea Milne Edwards & Haime 1848
Cyphastrea microphthalma (Lamarck 1816) (this page)
Cyphastraea coloi Chevalier 1961
Cyphastrea agassizi (Vaughan 1907)
Cyphastrea aliceae Bromfield 2013
Cyphastrea buddae Bromfield 2013
Cyphastrea capitata Studer 1878
Cyphastrea chalcidicum (Forskål 1775)
Cyphastrea costata Duncan 1863
Cyphastrea crassa Gerth 1923
Cyphastrea cymotoma Felix 1913
Cyphastrea decadia Moll & Best 1984
Cyphastrea gemmulifera Gerth 1921
Cyphastrea glomerata Nemenzo 1988
Cyphastrea hexasepta Veron, Turak & De Vantier 2000
Cyphastrea japonica Yabe & Sugiyama 1932
Cyphastrea kausti Bouwmeester & Benzoni 2015
Cyphastrea magna Benzoni & Arrigoni 2017
Cyphastrea monticulifera Felix 1921
Cyphastrea nodulosa Verill 1902
Cyphastrea ocellina (Dana 1846)
Cyphastrea pleiades (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Cyphastrea salae Baird, Hoogenboom & Huang 2017
Cyphastrea serailia (Forskål 1775)
Cyphastrea spinea Bromfield 2013
Cyphastrea tampae Weisbord 1973
Cyphastrea tubifera Gerth 1923
Cyphastrea vaughani Hoffmeister
Cyphastrea wanneri Felix 1915
Cyphastrea zhongjianensis Zou 1980

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
Cyphastrea Milne-Edwards & Haime 1848
Cyphastrea microphthalma (Lamarck 1816) (this page)
Cyphastrea agassizi (Vaughan 1907)
Cyphastrea chalcidicum (Forskål 1775)
Cyphastrea decadia Moll & Best 1984
Cyphastrea japonica Yabe & Sugiyama 1932
Cyphastrea ocellina (Dana 1846)
Cyphastrea serailia (Forskål 1775)

IUCN

Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
Faviidae
Cyphastrea microphthalma (Lamarck 1816) (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)
Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn 1772)
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 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
Merulinidae
Cyphastrea
Cyphastrea microphthalma (this page)
Cyphastrea chalcidicum
Cyphastrea hexasepta
Cyphastrea japonica
Cyphastrea kausti
Cyphastrea ocellina
Cyphastrea salae
Cyphastrea serailia
unclassified Cyphastrea

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Radiata
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Hexacorallia
Scleractinia
Faviidae
Cyphastrea
Cyphastrea microphthalma (this page)
Cyphastrea agassizi
Cyphastrea capitata
Cyphastrea chalcidicum
Cyphastrea decadia
Cyphastrea emiliae
Cyphastrea glomerata
Cyphastrea hexasepta
Cyphastrea japonica
Cyphastrea kausti
Cyphastrea magna
Cyphastrea nodulosa
Cyphastrea ocellina
Cyphastrea pleiades
Cyphastrea salae
Cyphastrea serailia
Cyphastrea serialis
Cyphastrea zhongjianensis

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
Merulinidae
Cyphastrea
Cyphastrea microphthalma (Lamarck 1816) (this page)
Cyphastrea agassizi (Vaughan 1907)
Cyphastrea chalcidicum (Forskål 1775)
Cyphastrea coloi Chevalier 1961
Cyphastrea crassa Gerth 1923
Cyphastrea cymotoma Felix 1913
Cyphastrea decadia Moll & Best 1984
Cyphastrea gemmulifera Gerth 1921
Cyphastrea hexasepta Veron, Turak & De Vantier 2000
Cyphastrea japonica Yabe & Sugiyama 1932
Cyphastrea kausti Bouwmeester & Benzoni 2015
Cyphastrea magna Benzoni & Arrigoni 2017
Cyphastrea monticulifera Felix 1921
Cyphastrea niasensis Gerth 1925
Cyphastrea ocellina (Dana 1846)
Cyphastrea progoensis Gerth 1933
Cyphastrea rembangensis Gerth 1933
Cyphastrea salae Baird, Hoogenboom & Huang 2017
Cyphastrea serailia (Forskål 1775)
Cyphastrea tazarinensis Chevalier 1961
Cyphastrea tubifera Gerth 1923
Cyphastrea wanneri Felix 1915
Cyphastrea zhongjianensis Zou 1980
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