Physophyllia ayleni
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The area around the mouth of the Umibara coral can be bright yellow or red.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Physophyllia ayleni
- Scientific name
- Physophyllia ayleni
- Japanese name
- ウミバラ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Hexacorallia
- Order
- Scleractinia
- Family
- Merulinidae
- Genus
- Physophyllia
A stony coral found from Shizuoka to Kyushu in Japan and across the western Pacific and Indian Ocean.
How the Physophyllia ayleni lives
It is found in sheltered bays with turbid water. It grows mainly in colonies that form a covering over a surface.
国立環境研究所Basic data
- Range
- Tsushima to Ushibuka, western Izu to Tatsukushi, and western Pacific to Indian Ocean
Where the Physophyllia ayleni has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ウミバラ
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — ウミバラChecked: 2026-11-04
- 国立環境研究所 — Physophyllia ayleni Wells, 1935 ウミバラChecked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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