| Family: |
Lobophylliidae () |
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| Environment: |
reef-associated; marine; depth range 0 - 30 m |
| Distribution: |
Indo-West Pacific: Maldives, Indonesia to Melanesia, north to Taiwan and south to Australia. |
| Diagnosis: |
Formation: flat or hemispherical, phaceloid or partly flabello-meandroid; rarely exceeding 0.5 m across. Corallites: 40 to 50 mm in diameter, circular to irregular in outline. Primary septa: thick, with 3 to 5 long lobed teeth. Columellae: large, often diffuse. Poorly developed costae. Color: uniformly dark green or gray with yellowish primary septa (Ref. 848). |
| Biology: |
Occurs in protected upper reef slopes and lagoons (Ref. 848). Has high bleaching level and high estimated mortality in Palau (Ref. 66144). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Near Threatened (NT); Date assessed: 01 January 2008 Ref. 123251)
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