Saltwater
Open brain coral
Trachyphyllia geoffroyi
Trachyphylliidae
Facts
Care
- Type
- Large-polyp stony coral (LPS)
- Light
- Medium
- Flow
- Low
- Placement
- On the sand
- Difficulty
- Easy
Water values
Range
Seen here
Seen in the wild in Australia, Egypt, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Caledonia, and 4 more countries.
More about the species
Description
The open brain coral (Trachyphyllia geoffroyi) is a brightly colored free-living coral species in the family Merulinidae. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Trachyphyllia and can be found throughout the Indo-Pacific, and in the fossil record of Florida.
Other names
In other languages
- Hjärnkorall
