Hexacorallia | 
Scleractinia | 
Lobophylliidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / εύρος βάθους / distribution range				
				
					Οικολογία				
				
			
			
				Υφαλόφιλο(α);  εύρος βάθους 0 - 40 m (Αναφ. 848).  Tropical; 36°N -   31°S, 32°E -   180°E (Αναφ. 848)			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Indo-Pacific:  Red Sea to Melanesia, north to Japan and south to Australia.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Weight / Age
			
			
				Γεννητική Ωρίμανση: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm			
			
			
							
				
				
					
						Formation: hemispherical to flat. Valley: 20 to 25 mm wide, in average; irregularly meandroid, straight in flat colonies. Walls: moderately thick, fleshy, with a grove along the top. Color: widely ranging from red to gray and green, with valleys and walls often of contrasting color. Colonies in Red Sea are commonly cream colored (Ref. 848).					
				
				
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Occurs in upper reef slopes and fringing reefs (Ref. 848).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Eggs | Γονιμότητα | Larvae				
			
			
				
					Hermaphroditic (Ref. 113712).  Mature gametes are shed into the coelenteron and spawned through the mouth.  Life cycle:  The zygote develops into a planktonic planula larva.  Metamorphosis begins with early morphogenesis of tentacles, septa and pharynx before larval settlement on the aboral end (Ref. 833).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Nemenzo, F. Sr. 1986 Guide to Philippine Flora and Fauna. Corals. Natural Resources Management Center, Ministry of Natural Resources and University of the Philippines. 5:273 pp. (Αναφ. 910)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Αναφ. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Αναφ. 108899)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
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						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 24.7 - 29, mean 28 (based on 1106 cells).			
 
			
			
			
			
			
						
						
						
			
									
						Price category  					
					
					Unknown.