Maldives Marine Life

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Lobophyllia coral (no English common name)
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Lobophyllia coral (no English common name)

Lobophyllia vitiensis

Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 888126, checked 2026-10-31).

English
Lobophyllia coral (no English common name)
Scientific
Lobophyllia vitiensis
Dhivehi
No recorded Dhivehi name
Group
Hard corals
Family
Lobophylliidae (lobed brain and meat corals)
Depth and habitat
Reef-associated, recorded from 0 to 50 m
IUCN status
LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2022CITES Appendix II

Description

A massive Lobophyllia with 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

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