Carpet Brain Coral (Lobophyllia hemprichii)

Also known as Bouquet Flower Coral, Brain Coral, Flat Brain Coral, Largebrain Root Canal, Lobed Brain Coral, Lobed Cactus Coral, Lobophyllia Brain Coral, Open Brain Coral

Description

Also known as Bouquet Flower Coral, Brain Coral, Flat Brain Coral, Largebrain Root Canal, Lobed Brain Coral, Lobed Cactus Coral, Lobophyllia Brain Coral, Open Brain Coral.

Found in colonies that are flat to dome shaped, and may form a single carpet creeping over the reef, on upper reef slopes, of coral and rocky reefs. Varies in colour.
They feed on plankton.
Length - 500cm
Depth - 5-20m
Widespread Indo-Pacific

Stony corals have hard stony skeletons, their polyps have six tentacles or are made up of multiples of six. These are usually nocturnal, however if the sky\'s are overcast, then many will feed during the day.
Generally the more robust corals life on exposed areas, while the smaller corals live in sheltered lagoons or deeper waters.
Stony corals are reef building corals and embedded in their flesh are thousands of minute single-celled marine plants called zooxanthellae which accounts for their colour.
These corals support a huge diversity of life, their main predator being the crown-of-thorns sea star. (edit) Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobophyllia_hemprichii

2 comments

  1. This is an amateur site and we try to give as much detail as possible within our capabilities! I do have length or width but weight would be very difficult because we are photographing live corals, critters and fish.

  2. Posted by MK
    March 28, 2018 at 14:01 pm - 1 person found this useful.

    I think you should add more information about some of the sea animals. Some examples that I thought of is maybe their length and weight.

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