Torch Coral

Euphyllia glabrescens is a species of large-polyped stony coral belonging to the family Euphylliidae. Its common name is the torch coral due to its long sweeper tentacles tipped with potent cnidocytes. It is a commonly kept species in the marine aquarium hobby, particularly specimens from Indonesia and Fiji, who fulfilled annual export quotas of 28,000 and 6,000 pieces, respectively, in 2005.

Euphyllia glabrescens est une espèce de coraux de la famille des Euphylliidae. Publication originale Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821 : De animalibus quibusdam e classe vermium Linneana, in circumnavigatione Terrae, auspicante Comite N. Romanoff, duce Ottone di Kotzebue, annis 1815-1818 peracta, observatis Fasciculus secundus, reliquos vermes continens.

Euphyllia glabrescens es una especie de coral duro, de la familia Euphylliidae, subclase Hexacorallia. Este coral secreta carbonato cálcico para formar un esqueleto, característica que lo enmarca en los corales hermatípicos. Es uno de los corales marinos más populares en acuariofilia.