Brain Root Coral
Lobophyllia corymbosa
Category: Hard Corals
IUCN Conservation Status: VU - Vulnerable - facing a high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Hexacorallia
- Order
- Scleractinia
- Family
- Lobophylliidae
- Genus
- Lobophyllia
Where to Find
Found in 36 diving areas across 24 countries and 6 regions.
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 102 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 2 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 1 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 2 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 1 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 58 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 4 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 11 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 2 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 1 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 3 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 10 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 2 records
- Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives - 4 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 2 records
- South Malé Atoll, Maldives - 4 records
- Vaavu Atoll, Maldives - 2 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 6 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 3 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 1 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 4 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 2 records
- Mafia Island, Tanzania - 2 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 1 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 1 records
- Yanbu, Saudi Arabia - 1 records
- Port Sudan & Sanganeb, Sudan - 4 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 1 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 1 records
- Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 3 records
- Redang Island, Malaysia - 3 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 2 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 3 records