Maldives Marine Life

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False flowerpot coral
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Photo: portioid / iNaturalist, CC BY 4.0 (view on iNaturalist)iNaturalist research-grade observation. Coral photo: species not verifiable from image.

False flowerpot coral

Bernardpora stutchburyi

Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 764221, checked 2026-10-31).

English
False flowerpot coral
Scientific
Bernardpora stutchburyi
Dhivehi
No recorded Dhivehi name
Group
Hard corals
Family
Poritidae (boulder, finger and flowerpot corals)
Depth and habitat
Reef-associated
IUCN status
LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II

Description

A coral related to the flowerpot corals (Goniopora), forming low, rounded or encrusting colonies. Its fleshy polyps are often extended by day, giving a soft, flowery look. It grows on reef slopes and in lagoons, and needs close examination to tell from Goniopora.

In the Maldives

Recorded from the Maldives: iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=1); literature records via OBIS (Hexacorallians of the World (Fautin 2013)).

Sources

Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.