Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) grandis
creator: van der Land, Jacob
creator: Cairns, Stephen
creator: Hoeksema, Bert
date: 2026-08-28
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) grandis Gardiner & Waugh, 1938
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S.; Samimi-Namin, K. (2026). World List of Scleractinia. Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) grandis Gardiner & Waugh, 1938. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286743 on 2026-08-28
created: 2008-01-16T11:35:54Z
modified: 2022-12-31T10:56:23Z
replaces: 1448629
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) grandis Gardiner & Waugh, 1938
class: Hexacorallia
family: Caryophylliidae
genus: Caryophyllia
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Gardiner JS, Waugh P. (1938). The flabellid and turbinolid corals. Scientific reports of the John Murray Expedition, 1933-34, British Museum (Natural History). London. 5 (7): 167-202.
name published in year: 1938
order: Scleractinia
parent name usage ID: 509666
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: Gardiner & Waugh, 1938
specific epithet: grandis
subgenus: Caryophyllia
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted