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Lobophyllia corymbosa

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General Information

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Tuamotu

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Marine, near-shore

KEY FEATURES: Colony usually hemispherical, rarely >50cm diam. Round to long-oval corallites, with with 1-3 centres. Tentacles are retracted during the day, but small mouths are often visible. Walls are thick, with rough appearance and spiny to touch. Dull greenish-brown with pale depressions. Septa in 4 or 2 orders. First order highly exert, tall blunt teeth (2-10), reach columella. Columella trabecular. Habitat: This is the main moat Lobophyllia, and common on Outer Reef-Slope. Range: e.Africa-Tuamotu

SIMILAR SPECIES: Easily separated when Lobophyllia hemprichii is meandoid with more than 3 centres. From monocentric L. hemprichii by smaller corallites with relatively regualr primary septa, regular, lobate dentations and better developed costae. [Veron and Pichon, Pt.III,p.274]

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Lobophyllia corymbosa (Forsskål, 1775)
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CNIDARIA (=Coelenterates); ANTHOZOA; ZOANTHARIA (=Hexacorallia); Scleractinia (=Madreporaria); MUSSIDAE

More Information

GENERAL NOTE: e.Africa-Indinesia-Tuamotu

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Cooks: specimens, G.McCormack (1980s?), NHP#GM062 - 063.

References:
Special Reference: Veron, J.E.N. & Pichon, M. (1979). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia. Part III Families Agariciidae, Siderastreidae, Fungiidae, Oculinidae, Merulinidae, Mussidae, Pectiniidae, Caryophylliidae, Dendrophylliidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series 4. p 274-277.

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zD02

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Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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