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Trachyphyllia geoffroyi (Audouin, 1826)
Description: Colonies are flabello-meandroid and free-living. They are usually hourglass shaped, up to 80 millimetres in length with one to three separate mouths. Large, fully flabello-meandroid colonies are uncommon. Valleys have large regular septa and paliform lobes and a large columella of tangled spines.
Polyps are fleshy. When tentacles are retracted during the day a large mantle extends well beyond the perimeter of the skeleton. This retracts if disturbed. At night tentacles in several rows are extended from the expanded oral disc inside the mantle. The mouth is approximately 10 millimetres across.
Color: Polyps, especially the mantles, are often brightly coloured, usually yellow, brown, blue or green.
Habitat: Inter-reef environments and on soft substrates around continental islands. Frequently found with other free-living corals: Heteropsammia (Dendrophylliidae), Heterocyathus (Caryophylliidae) and the fungiids, Cycloseris and Diaseris. Large colonies are found only in certain protected, shallow island embayments.
Abundance: Rare on reefs, common around continental islands and some inter-reef areas.
Similar Species: None.
Synonymised names
Antillia duncani Yabe & Sugiyama, 1931 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Antillia flabelliformis Yabe & Sugiyama, 1931 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Antillia geoffroyi (Audouin, 1826) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Antillia infundibuliformis Gerth, 1921 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Antillia orientalis Gerth, 1921 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Antillophyllia flabelliformis Yabe & Sugiyama, 1931 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Antillophyllia geoffroyi (Audouin, 1826) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Callogyra formosa Verrill, 1901 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Manicina amarantum Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Manicina amarantum var. stricta Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trachyphyllia amarantum (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trachyphyllia amarantus (Houttuyn, 1772) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trachyphyllia lelandi Nemenzo, 1971 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trachyphyllia radiata (Pichon, 1980) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trachyphyllia stricta (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Turbinolia geoffroyi Audouin, 1826 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Wellsophyllia geoffroyi (Audouin, 1826) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Wellsophyllia radiata Pichon, 1980 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Description: Colonies are flabello-meandroid and free-living. They are usually hourglass shaped, up to 80 millimetres in length with one to three separate mouths. Large, fully flabello-meandroid colonies are uncommon. Valleys have large regular septa and paliform lobes and a large columella of tangled spines.
Polyps are fleshy. When tentacles are retracted during the day a large mantle extends well beyond the perimeter of the skeleton. This retracts if disturbed. At night tentacles in several rows are extended from the expanded oral disc inside the mantle. The mouth is approximately 10 millimetres across.
Color: Polyps, especially the mantles, are often brightly coloured, usually yellow, brown, blue or green.
Habitat: Inter-reef environments and on soft substrates around continental islands. Frequently found with other free-living corals: Heteropsammia (Dendrophylliidae), Heterocyathus (Caryophylliidae) and the fungiids, Cycloseris and Diaseris. Large colonies are found only in certain protected, shallow island embayments.
Abundance: Rare on reefs, common around continental islands and some inter-reef areas.
Similar Species: None.
Synonymised names
Antillia duncani Yabe & Sugiyama, 1931 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Antillia flabelliformis Yabe & Sugiyama, 1931 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Antillia geoffroyi (Audouin, 1826) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Antillia infundibuliformis Gerth, 1921 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Antillia orientalis Gerth, 1921 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Antillophyllia flabelliformis Yabe & Sugiyama, 1931 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Antillophyllia geoffroyi (Audouin, 1826) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Callogyra formosa Verrill, 1901 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Manicina amarantum Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Manicina amarantum var. stricta Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trachyphyllia amarantum (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trachyphyllia amarantus (Houttuyn, 1772) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trachyphyllia lelandi Nemenzo, 1971 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trachyphyllia radiata (Pichon, 1980) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trachyphyllia stricta (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Turbinolia geoffroyi Audouin, 1826 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Wellsophyllia geoffroyi (Audouin, 1826) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Wellsophyllia radiata Pichon, 1980 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
