| Lobophylliidae () |
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reef-associated; marine; depth range 0 - 30 m |
| Indo-West Pacific: Maldives, Indonesia to Melanesia, north to Taiwan and south to Australia. |
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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). |
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Near Threatened (NT); Date assessed: 01 January 2008 Ref. 123251)
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