> [!summary]- Classification **Kingdom**:: [Animalia](Animalia.md) **Phylum**:: [Cnidaria](Cnidaria.md) **Subphylum**:: [Anthozoa](Anthozoa.md) **Class**:: [Hexacorallia](Hexacorallia.md) **Subclass**:: **Order**:: [Scleractinia](Scleractinia.md) **Suborder**:: **Superfamily**:: **Family**:: Mussidae **Subfamily**:: **Genus**:: Colpophyllia **Species**:: ## Photos  *[96 - 2022-11-27 - Middle Garden - Sharm Al Sheikh - Egypt](96%20-%202022-11-27%20-%20Middle%20Garden%20-%20Sharm%20Al%20Sheikh%20-%20Egypt.md)*  *[96 - 2022-11-27 - Middle Garden - Sharm Al Sheikh - Egypt](96%20-%202022-11-27%20-%20Middle%20Garden%20-%20Sharm%20Al%20Sheikh%20-%20Egypt.md) - I don't know what does this, if it's a predator or the human activity such as global warming.*  *[96 - 2022-11-27 - Middle Garden - Sharm Al Sheikh - Egypt](96%20-%202022-11-27%20-%20Middle%20Garden%20-%20Sharm%20Al%20Sheikh%20-%20Egypt.md) - with a [Tridacna maxima - Large saltwater clam](Tridacna%20maxima%20-%20Large%20saltwater%20clam.md) and [Acropora sp.](Acropora%20sp..md) on the right.* ## Notes Sibbling of [Diploria sp. - Grooved brain coral](Diploria%20sp.%20-%20Grooved%20brain%20coral.md). Not sure at 100% it's Colpophyllia, but sure, it's from the Mussidae family. ## References - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colpophyllia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mussidae