| Sl. No. | LBF Species | Depth ranges | Substrate | Symbiont | Reference |
| 1. | Alveolinella quoyi | 3 - 4 m depth or 20 - 30 m depth [29] ; 15 - 40 m [30] ; reaching upto 100 m depth depending upon the transparency of the water [31] | Found in 3 - 5 m if algal covered over Coral rubble or at 20 - 30 m depth in stable sediment covered with organic detritus [29] | Diatom-symbionts | [4] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] |
| 2. | Borelis schlumbergeri | Found in fringing reef within 40 m depth [36] ; 15 - 40 m [30] | Coral sand and plant substrate [37] | Diatom-symbiont | [4] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [38] [39] [40] [41] |
| 3. | Amphistegina bicirculata | 40 - 130 m [16] ; 40 - 100 m [42] ; 53 - 129 m [43] ; 15 - 40 m [30] | Firm substrates [44] or coarse sand [43] | Diatom-symbiont | [4] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [38] |
| 4. | Amphistegina lessonii | 15 - 40 m [30] ; ~60 m [16] [45] [46] | Sandy and coral rubble or hard substratum [6] [7] [16] | Diatom-symbiont | [4] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [38] |
| 5. | Amphistegina lobifera | Shallowest > 10 m [6] [16] [47] 15 - 40 m [30] | Coral rubble but rare in reef rock and macro algal or algal turf substrate [6] [16] [17] | Diatom-symbiont | [4] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [38] |
| 6. | Amphistegina papillosa | Abundant within 20 - 30 m [45] ; 15 - 40 m [30] ; 95 m depth [44] | Carbonate rich sandy substrate [42] | Diatom-symbiont | [4] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [38] |
| 7. | Amphistegina radiata | 10 - 90 m but abundant shallower about 15 cms deep [6] to 20 m [48] ; 15 - 40 m [30] | Firm substrates or found attached on coral rubbles [15] [16] [44] [45] | Diatom-symbiont | [4] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [38] |
| 8. | Calcarina calcarinoides | <5 m down to 30 m depth [49] | epiphytically attached on algal turf [50] | Diatom-symbiont | [4] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [38] |
| 9. | Calcarina defrancei | 3 - 25 m [6] [16] [48] | Coral rubble [6] [16] [48] | Diatom-symbiont | [4] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [38] |
| 10. | Calcarina hispida | >5 m depth [6] [50] [51] 10 - 20 m depth [52] | Filamentous algal mat [6] [50] [51] | Diatom-symbiont | [4] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [38] |
| 11. | Calcarina spengleri | Available within 1 - 45 m depth but abundant in 15 - 25 m [6] | Coral rubble covered by coralline algae; algal turf and Halimeda substate [6] [7] [45] | Diatom-symbiont | [4] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [38] |
| 12. | Neorotalia calcar | 10 - 20 m [7] [15] [45] | Epiphytic attached to macro algae or sea grass (Halophilas) in coral cay reef [7] [15] [45] | Diatom-symbiont | [4] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [38] |
| 13. | Neorotalia gaimardi | 35 m [17] | Algal turf, macro algae (Turbinaria and Sargassum) [7] [17] | Diatom-symbiont | [4] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [38] |
| 14. | Nummulites venosus | 10 m [48] ; depth ranges from 15 - 85 m to maximum 35 - 60 m depth [53] [54] | Coarse sand and less tolerant to clastic sediment input [42] [45] | Diatom-symbiont | [4] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [38] |
| 15. | Operculina ammonoides | Wider depth distribution | Soft substratum [7] [30] [45] [48] [55] | Diatom-bearing | [4] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [38] |
| 16. | Heterostegina depressa | 10 m to 90 m [48] or wider depth range [56] | Solid substrate with coralline algae [6] [7] [16] [45] | Diatom-symbiont | [4] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [38] |
| 17. | Parasorites orbitolitoides | 35 m depth [44] ; 15 - 40 m [30] or wider depth range | Algal mat coral rubble [44] | Chlorophyta | [39] [69] [78] [79] |
| 18. | Peneroplis pertusus | 3.5 - 30 m [57] ; 10 - 15 m [58] | Found attached to short filamentous algae on coral rubble [57] | Red algae- Rhodophyte-bearing | [4] [31] [34] [35] [59] [60] [61] [62] [74] |
| 19. | Peneroplis planatus | 3.5 - 30 m [57] ; 10 - 15 m [58] | Found attached to short filamentous algae on coral rubble [57] | Rhodophyte-bearing | [59] [62] [74] |
| 20. | Amphisorus hemprichii | 8 - 18 m depth [57] | Mostly rocky substrate, found epiphytically clinging on Posidonia oceanic and Halophila stipulacea [57] | Chlorophytes and Dinoflagellate Endosymbiont | [62] - [67] [74] |
| 21 | Marginopora vertebralis | 25 m depth [51] ; 15 - 40 m [7] | Coral rubbles | Red Cyanobacteria endosymbiont | [4] [31] [38] [65] |
| 22 | Sorites orbiculus | 2 - 36 m [51] | Found living epiphytically on thalli of algae rarely on coral rubbles [51] | Dinoflagellate, Cyanobacteria and haptophytes endosymbiont | [31] [39] [59] [62] [67] [75] [76] [77] [80] |