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| By Bob Fenner | Lobophyllia hemprichii |
Genus Cynarina Bruggemann 1877. Single, circular polyps, with prominent/large lobed septa evident (as opposed to the similar Scolymia of this family). Typically tissue is inflated with water during day (tentacles out only at night). Monotypic genus (one species). | Cynarina lacrymalis (Milne Edwards and Haime 1848). Button, Meat, Record, my fave: Donut... Coral. A popular aquarium species that prefers medium to lower light intensity. Many color varieties. Able to expand more than twice its skeletal size. N. Sulawesi specimen at right, aquarium ones below. | 
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Genus Isophyllastrea | Isophyllastrea rigida, Rough Star Coral, Polygonal Coral. Tropical West Atlantic. Dome-shaped. Ridge along midline of septa. One each in Cancun and Cozumel, Mexico. |  
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Genus Isophyllia Milne Edwards and Haime 1851. Small colonies (typically under eight inches in diameter), flat to slightly dome-shaped. Thin septae and columnellae (on dead skeleton appearance). Found only in the tropical West Atlantic. | Isophyllia sinuosa (Ellis and Solander 1786). Distinctive for its range. Meandering valleys. Not common. Bahamas image. | 
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