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Lobactis mushroom coral (no English common name)
Lobactis scutaria
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 716542, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Lobactis mushroom coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Lobactis scutaria
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 0 to 40 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2022CITES Appendix II
Description
A free-living mushroom coral with an oval disc and a central mouth, with tall radiating ridges. It lies loose on shallow reef flats and slopes and is usually brown or green. It was formerly known as Fungia scutaria.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=9); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=5); literature records via OBIS (Hexacorallians of the World (Fautin 2013), IndOBIS).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Lobactis-scutaria.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=716542
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Lobactis_scutaria,_Samoa_Americana.gif
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.