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Large brain root coral
Lobophyllia hemprichii
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207392, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Large brain root coral
- Scientific
- Lobophyllia hemprichii
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 6 to 30 m
- IUCN status
- EN · EndangeredEndangered (EN), assessed 2022CITES Appendix II
Description
A coral that forms large, rounded colonies of big, fleshy, meandering cups on stalks. It is often brightly mottled in green, red, brown, grey or cream. It grows on reef slopes and in lagoons and is one of the more conspicuous fleshy corals in the Maldives.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=1); 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-hemprichii.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207392
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Lobophyllia_hemprichii.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.