Likely Reef Tank Suitable
Likely Fish-Only Tank Suitable
Range: Indo West Pacific Ocean: Red Sea, eastern Africa, and north to Japan and south to the Central Pacific Ocean along with western and eastern Australia.
Natural Environment: Found along upper reef slopes, sometimes in a vertical position and somewhat common in some locales .
Aquarium Suitability: Not purposely collected for the trade.
Taxonomy:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Subclass: Hexacorallia
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Mussidae
Genus: Lobophyllia
FYI: Shown here for identification only.