| Family: |
Lobophylliidae () |
| Max. size: |
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| Environment: |
reef-associated; marine; depth range 0 - 30 m |
| Distribution: |
Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, including Red Sea, Indonesia to Papua New Guinea, north to Japan and south to Australia. |
| Diagnosis: |
Formation: encrusting to massive, often over 1 m across. Corallites: cerioid. Septa: with exsert teeth. Fleshy tissue over the skeleton present, but not thick enough to mask underlying skeletal structures. Color: mottled shades of brown and green, usually with brown walls and green oral discs (Ref. 848). |
| Biology: |
Occurs in most reef environments (Ref. 848), specifically in mid-reef slopes (Ref. 98471). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
(LC); Date assessed: 11 July 2022 Ref. 123251)
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| Threat to humans: |
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