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Lobe coral
Porites lobata
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207225, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Lobe coral
- Scientific
- Porites lobata
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 0 to 98 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
Description
A massive Porites that forms large, smooth domes or lumpy hummocks, sometimes several metres across. The surface is covered in tiny cups. Colonies are usually cream, yellow, brown or greenish and grow on reef slopes and in lagoons. Big colonies grow slowly and can be centuries old. It is very hard to tell from Porites lutea underwater.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=2); literature records via OBIS (Hexacorallians of the World (Fautin 2013)).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Porites-lobata.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207225
- inaturalist.org /observations/235671576
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.