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Balanophyllia coral (no English common name)
Balanophyllia diffusa
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 216155, checked 2026-10-31).
Possibly present in the Maldives
- English
- Balanophyllia coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Balanophyllia diffusa
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)CITES Appendix II
- Record in the Maldives
- Possibly present
Description
A small solitary cup coral with a porous skeleton. Most species live in shaded crevices or deeper water. It is told apart from related species only by close examination of the skeleton.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist. Only one kind of evidence was found, so it is listed as possibly present.
Sources
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216155
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.