Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Lithophyllon repanda (Lithophyllon repanda), recorded as Endangered
Lithophyllon repanda (Lithophyllon repanda). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Lithophyllon repanda

Lithophyllon repanda

Lithophyllon repanda is a stony coral in the family Fungiidae (order Scleractinia), recorded as Endangered.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Lithophyllon repanda
Taxonomy
Anthozoa · Scleractinia · Fungiidae · Lithophyllon

Appearance

Its tentacles extend during the day and are pale in colour, but the species is without tentacular lobes. It has granular costal spines and the species is brown in colour. Lithophyllon repanda is a mushroom or disc coral in the family Fungiidae.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) rated it as a least-concern species, and it was originally described by James Dwight Dana in 1846.

Range and habitat

It is found in the Gulf of Aden, the Red Sea, the southwestern and northern Indian Ocean, eastern Africa, northern, eastern, and western Australia, the East China Sea, Japan, and the western and central Pacific Ocean. It is found at depths of between 1 and 30 metres (3 ft 3 in and 98 ft 5 in) on flats and slopes of reefs. It occurs at depths of 1 to 30 metres (3 ft 3 in to 98 ft 5 in).

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Habits

A stony-coral colony is fixed. Growth, bleaching, and death happen in place. Collection and gear damage remove the skeleton as well as the tissue.

The colony stays where it settled. Water quality, light, and a stable bottom decide whether tissue remains on the skeleton.

In crisis

Warm-water bleaching, sedimentation, destructive fishing, and the curio trade sit behind many stony-coral badges. That is the group backdrop — confirm the official criteria for this name on the Red List.

Lithophyllon repanda is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Lithophyllon repanda, Wikidata item Q13768417. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Lithophyllon repanda?
Lithophyllon repanda is a stony coral in the family Fungiidae (order Scleractinia).
What is the conservation status of Lithophyllon repanda?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Lithophyllon repanda. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Lithophyllon repanda live?
It is found in the Gulf of Aden, the Red Sea, the southwestern and northern Indian Ocean, eastern Africa, northern, eastern, and western Australia, the East China Sea, Japan, and the western and central Pacific Ocean.
Why is Lithophyllon repanda in crisis?
Warm-water bleaching, sedimentation, destructive fishing, and the curio trade sit behind many stony-coral badges. That is the group backdrop — confirm the official criteria for this name on the Red List.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Lithophyllon repanda?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Lithophyllon repanda a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.