''Lobophyllia'', commonly called lobed brain coral or lobo coral, is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of large polyp
stony coral
Scleractinia, also called stony corals or hard corals, are marine animals in the phylum Cnidaria that build themselves a hard skeleton. The individual animals are known as polyps and have a cylindrical body crowned by an oral disc in which a mo ...
s. Members of this genus are sometimes found in
reef aquarium
A reef aquarium or reef tank is a marine aquarium that prominently displays live corals and other marine invertebrates as well as fish that play a role in maintaining the tropical coral reef environment. A reef aquarium requires appropriately i ...
s.
Species
This genus includes the following species:
* ''
Lobophyllia agaricia''
(Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)
* ''
Lobophyllia corymbosa''
(Forskal, 1775)
* ''
Lobophyllia costata''
(Dana, 1846)
* ''
Lobophyllia dentata''
Veron, 2000
* ''
Lobophyllia diminuta''
Veron, 1985
* ''
Lobophyllia erythraea''
(Klunzinger, 1879)
* ''
Lobophyllia flabelliformis''
Veron, 2002
* ''
Lobophyllia grandis''
Latypov, 2006
* ''
Lobophyllia hassi''
(Pillai & Scheer, 1976)
* ''
Lobophyllia hataii''
Yabe, Sugiyama & Eguchi, 1936
* ''
Lobophyllia hemprichii
''Lobophyllia hemprichii'', commonly called lobed brain coral, lobed cactus coral or largebrain root coral, is a species of large polyp stony coral in the family Lobophylliidae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific Ocean. In its specific name Christia ...
''
(Ehrenberg, 1834)
* ''
Lobophyllia ishigakiensis''
(Veron, 1990)
* ''
Lobophyllia radians''
(Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)
* ''
Lobophyllia recta''
(Dana, 1846)
* ''
Lobophyllia robusta''
Yabe, Sugiyama & Eguchi, 1936
* ''
Lobophyllia rowleyensis''
(Veron, 1985)
* ''
Lobophyllia serrata''
Veron, 2002
* ''
Lobophyllia sinuosa''
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
* ''
Lobophyllia valenciennesii''
(Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)
* ''
Lobophyllia vitiensis''
(Brüggemann, 1877)
References
Lobophylliidae
Taxa named by Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville
Scleractinia genera
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