mushroom coral

About this species

Lobactis is a genus of plate or mushroom coral in the family Fungiidae. The genus is monotypic with a single species, Lobactis scutaria, that is found in the Indo-Pacific region.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 63 records
February: 599 records
March: 262 records
April: 62 records
May: 43 records
June: 42 records
July: 45 records
August: 81 records
September: 224 records
October: 144 records
November: 40 records
December: 34 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–51 m · Deepest record: 72 m

0–10 m: 203 records
10–20 m: 39 records
20–30 m: 3 records
30–40 m: 51 records
40–50 m: 672 records
50–60 m: 193 records
60–70 m: 1 records
70–80 m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of -0–29 °C

-2–0 °C: 1 records
0–2 °C: 0 records
2–4 °C: 0 records
4–6 °C: 0 records
6–8 °C: 0 records
8–10 °C: 0 records
10–12 °C: 0 records
12–14 °C: 0 records
14–16 °C: 0 records
16–18 °C: 0 records
18–20 °C: 0 records
20–22 °C: 0 records
22–24 °C: 3 records
24–26 °C: 168 records
26–28 °C: 253 records
28–30 °C: 282 records

Photos

(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ryan McMinds, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Thomas Irvine, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Roger Rittmaster, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: mushroom coral, Oval Mushroom Coral

Names in 3 more languages

French: Corail-champignon bouclier
Japanese: クサビライシ
Simplified Chinese: 元寶蕈珊瑚

Other scientific names: Fungia (Lobactis) scutaria, Fungia (Pleuractis) scutaria, Fungia dentigera, Fungia oahensis, Fungia placunaria, Fungia scutaria, Fungia tenuidens, Fungia verrilliana, Lobactis conferta, Lobactis danae

Similar species

Rough feather coral
Ctenactis echinata
mushroom coral
Danafungia horrida
mushroom coral
Danafungia scruposa
Disc coral
Fungia fungites
Plate coral
Heliofungia actiniformis
Slipper coral
Herpolitha limax

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
1,399 open-data records from 1801 to 2012.
Species data updated November 4, 2026.