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Brain root coral
Lobophyllia corymbosa
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207391, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Brain root coral
- Scientific
- Lobophyllia corymbosa
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 0 to 35 m
- IUCN status
- VU · VulnerableVulnerable (VU), assessed 2022CITES Appendix II
Description
A coral that forms clumps of large, fleshy, rounded cups on short stalks, with thick lips and spiny walls. Colonies are often green, brown, red or grey and grow on reef slopes and in lagoons. The large fleshy polyps can expand by day to hide the stalks.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=9); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=1); literature records via OBIS (Hexacorallians of the World (Fautin 2013), IndOBIS); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Lobophyllia-corymbosa.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207391
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Coral_(Lobophyllia_corymbosa),_mar_Rojo,_Egipto,_2023-04-18
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.