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Anthemiphyllia coral (no English common name)
Anthemiphyllia dentata
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 289412, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Anthemiphyllia coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Anthemiphyllia dentata
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 65 to 700 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)CITES Appendix II
Description
A small, solitary, disc- or cup-shaped coral that lives on soft sediment in deep water. In the Maldives it is known from specimens and literature records from deep water, below normal diving depth. It is told apart from related species only by close examination of the skeleton.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=1); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Anthemiphyllia-dentata.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=289412
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.