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Lobophyllia coral (no English common name)
Lobophyllia sinuosa
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 888144, checked 2026-10-31).
Possibly present in the Maldives
- English
- Lobophyllia coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Lobophyllia sinuosa
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic)
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)CITES Appendix II
- Record in the Maldives
- Possibly present
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: literature records via OBIS (Hexacorallians of the World (Fautin 2013), IndOBIS). Only one kind of evidence was found, so it is listed as possibly present.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Lobophyllia-sinuosa.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=888144
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.