Lobophylliidae
Lobophylliidae is a family of large polyp stony corals. The family was created in 2009 after a revision of the "robust" families of Faviidae, Merulinidae, Mussidae and Pectiniidae, which had been shown to be polyphyletic. The family Lobophylliidae was formed out of the Indo-Pacific species that had traditionally been included in Mussidae, and some of the species which had previously formed Pectiniidae, the remaining species from Pectiniidae having been merged into Merulinidae. The type genus is...
13 branches of this family, most-observed first
Open Brain Corals
genusLobophyllia
Echinophyllia
genusEchinophyllia
Acanthastrea
genusAcanthastrea
Oxypora
genusOxypora
Micromussa
genusMicromussa
Homophyllia
genusHomophyllia
Cynarina
genusCynarina
Echinomorpha
genusEchinomorpha
Moseleya
genusMoseleya
Australophyllia
genusAustralophyllia
Sclerophyllia
genusSclerophyllia
Acanthophyllia
genusAcanthophyllia
Paraechinophyllia
genusParaechinophyllia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 503525.