''Lobophyllia'', commonly called lobed brain coral or lobo coral, is a

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of large polyp

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s. Members of this genus are sometimes found in

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Species

This genus includes the following species: * '' 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

Lobophylliidae Taxa named by Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville Scleractinia genera {{Scleractinia-stub