Largebrain Root Coral

Amazing fact

In largebrain root coral, all the individuals forming a colony have the same colors.

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Largebrain Root Coral in its habitat (illustration)

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An illustration based on the real animal.

A little discovery to share.

In largebrain root coral, all the individuals forming a colony have the same colors.

SourceAustralian Museum — Lobophyllia hemprichii

THE REAL WORLD

The real Largebrain Root Coral

Scientific name: Lobophyllia hemprichii
Japanese name: オオハナガタサンゴ
Group: Ocean animals

Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Lobophylliidae
Genus: Lobophyllia

Facts about the real animal.

It lives in the central and western Pacific and in the Indian Ocean.

鳥羽水族館 — オオハナガタサンゴ

It belongs to the hanagata corals and grows large.

鳥羽水族館 — オオハナガタサンゴ

How the Largebrain Root Coral lives

It lives in habitats from wave-exposed reef slopes to reef lagoons. It often grows attached to the upper parts of rocks. The same body produces both eggs and sperm and releases them into the water to reproduce.

沖縄美ら海水族館宇久井ビジターセンター Australian Museum

Basic data

Range: Central and western Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean

鳥羽水族館

Where the Largebrain Root Coral has been recorded

Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF

Where it livesWorld oceans Ocean

Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.

Names around the world

日本語: オオハナガタサンゴ
简体中文: 赫氏叶状珊瑚
繁體中文: 聯合瓣葉珊瑚
Deutsch: Hemprichs Becherkoralle

Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.

Sources and how we check

鳥羽水族館 — オオハナガタサンゴChecked: 2026-11-04
沖縄美ら海水族館 — オオハナガタサンゴChecked: 2026-11-07
宇久井ビジターセンター — オオハナガタサンゴChecked: 2026-11-07
Australian Museum — Lobophyllia hemprichiiChecked: 2026-11-07

We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.

The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.

The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.

This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.

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