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Lobophyllia
Sign in to saveLobophyllia, commonly called lobed brain coral or lobo coral, is a genus of large polyp stony corals. Members of this genus are sometimes found in reef aquariums.
Species
carpet brain coral
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumCnidaria
- ClassAnthozoa
- OrderScleractinia
- FamilyLobophylliidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 435
- With media
- 16
- Family
- Lobophylliidae
- Collections
- NHMUK, UF, USNM, SIO
- Recorded in
- Indonesia, United States, Seychelles, Japan, Palau, Federated States Of Micronesia, China, New Caledonia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Lobophylliidae
- Image
- Lobophyllia hemprichii 1.jpg
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- Lobophyllia
- taxon name
- Lobophyllia
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- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Lobophyllia
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Lobophyllia, commonly called lobed brain coral or lobo coral, is a genus of large polyp stony corals. Members of this genus are sometimes found in reef aquariums.
==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 (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)
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