Lobed cup coral

Lobophyllia costata

Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207393, checked 2026-10-31).

English: Lobed cup coral
Scientific: Lobophyllia costata
Dhivehi: No recorded Dhivehi name

Group: Hard corals
Family: Lobophylliidae (lobed brain and meat corals)
Depth and habitat: Reef-associated, recorded from 3 to 25 m
IUCN status: NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)CITES Appendix II

Description

A coral with large, fleshy cups or meandering valleys on short stalks, giving the colony a lumpy look. It is often brightly coloured in green, red, brown or grey. It is told apart from related species only by close examination of the skeleton.

In the Maldives

Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=1); literature records via OBIS (IndOBIS).

Sources

sealifebase.se /summary/Lobophyllia-costata.html
marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207393

Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.