| Family: |
Lobophylliidae () |
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| Environment: |
reef-associated; marine; depth range 0 - 40 m |
| Distribution: |
Indo-West Pacific: East Africa including Red Sea, Indonesia to Melanesia, north to Japan and south to New Caledonia. |
| Diagnosis: |
Formation: massive, often hemispherical and over 0.5 m across. Corallites: up to 25 mm diameter and cerioid, becoming plocoid on the colony sides. Septa: mostly uniform, with large teeth. Thick fleshy tissue over the skeleton present. Color: uniformly blue-gray, or mixtures of gray, brown, cream and green; mouth, oral disc and walls usually in contrasting color (Ref. 848). |
| Biology: |
Occurs in shallow, partly protected reef environments away from high wave action (Refs. 848, 98471) (Ref. 848). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Vulnerable (VU); Date assessed: 03 January 2008 (A4c) Ref. 123251)
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