While ‘coral-ing’ in North Bali, we came upon an insane colony ofLobophyllia.flabelliformis我们无法抵抗照片并与您分享。但我们在北巴厘岛群体征收珊瑚观察时遇到过Lobophyllia.就像我们以前从未见过一样。
Even though mostLobophyllia.物种具有大致纹理的表面，此类物种的乳头在LPS世界上分开了它们。通常Lobophyllia.flabelliformis, are dull grey/brown and add this extra layer of ‘tentacle’ movement that none other member of this genus really posses. Description:
Description:Lobophyllia flabelliformis,as their name suggests, are flabello-meandroid with a colony appearance similar to the shapes ofSymphyllia殖民地意味着“裂片”的形状Lobophyllia..
息肉有一个厚厚的肉质地幔，覆盖着细长的乳头，可能类似于触手。这种乳头表面纹理几乎看起来像触手，真的很独特让他们容易与其他物种分开。这些伪触手导致“地毯Lobo”的共同名称，有时开发，它们几乎可以与海葵混淆！
The underlying skeletal structure forms broad valleys that shares no walls. Large spikey septal teeth lie below the thick tissue, and can sometime puncture through the mantle.
Habitat:
This carpet lobo was lying by itself on a black sandy slope, by 18 m (55ft), which quite deep for that particular species. The coral was by itself on the black sand, at the bottom of a valley groove. All papillae opened. Turbulences created by the rocky ridges, forms a small down current in the valley where a lot of food gets trapped. Lying by itself in the middle of this groove, was a reason it was well fed, and probably explained the really unusual extra long papillae.
也是18米（55英尺）的深度，光强度已经大大减少，因此再次解释了额外的泵送搭桥。
Coloration:
The coloration of this particular specimen was the striking difference that makes this coral so unique. The valleys of the colony were dark brown with some red reflection which is typically the fluorescent coloration of zooxanthellae.
Meanwhile the upper ridges are covered with the brightest greenish, lime yellow mantle you could imagine. This perfect coloration would probably look very unreal under blue LED.
This very unique coral is a sight to remember, as we don’t come across such spectacular combination of colors in LPS corals very often.
