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Snake brain coral
Lobophyllia valenciennesii
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 888145, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Snake brain coral
- Scientific
- Lobophyllia valenciennesii
- 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 massive Lobophyllia with wide, fleshy, meandering valleys, formerly placed in Symphyllia. 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); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Lobophyllia-valenciennesii.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=888145
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.