Lobophyllia
Lobophyllia hemprichii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Lobophylliidae
Genus: Lobophyllia
Blainville, 1830[1]
Species
See text
Synonyms
List
  • Australomussa Veron, 1985
  • Lobophyllia (Palauphyllia) Yabe, Sugiyama & Eguchi, 1936
  • Mussa (Symphyllia) Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
  • Palauphyllia Yabe, Sugiyama & Eguchi, 1936
  • Parascolymia Wells, 1964
  • Symphyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848

Lobophyllia, commonly called lobed brain coral or lobo coral, is a genus of large polyp stony corals. Members of this genus are sometimes found in reef aquariums.

Species

This genus includes the following species:[1]

  • Lobophyllia agaricia (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)
  • Lobophyllia corymbosa (Forskal, 1775)
  • Lobophyllia costata (Dana, 1846)
  • Lobophyllia dentata Veron, 2000
  • Lobophyllia diminuta Veron, 1985
  • Lobophyllia erythraea (Klunzinger, 1879)
  • Lobophyllia flabelliformis Veron, 2002
  • Lobophyllia grandis Latypov, 2006
  • Lobophyllia hassi (Pillai & Scheer, 1976)
  • Lobophyllia hataii Yabe, Sugiyama & Eguchi, 1936
  • Lobophyllia hemprichii (Ehrenberg, 1834)
  • Lobophyllia ishigakiensis (Veron, 1990)
  • Lobophyllia radians (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)
  • Lobophyllia recta (Dana, 1846)
  • Lobophyllia robusta Yabe, Sugiyama & Eguchi, 1936
  • Lobophyllia rowleyensis (Veron, 1985)
  • Lobophyllia serrata Veron, 2002
  • Lobophyllia sinuosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
  • Lobophyllia valenciennesii (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)
  • Lobophyllia vitiensis (Brüggemann, 1877)

References

  1. 1 2 "Lobophyllia de Blainville, 1830". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2018. Retrieved July 31, 2018.


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