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Blastomussa coral (no English common name)
Blastomussa wellsi
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207386, checked 2026-10-31).
Possibly present in the Maldives
- English
- Blastomussa coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Blastomussa wellsi
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 0 to 50 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
- Record in the Maldives
- Possibly present
Description
A coral that forms clusters of separate, fleshy, round polyps, often red, green or brown, on short tubular stalks. It grows in shaded, sheltered parts of the reef. It is told apart from related species only by close examination of the skeleton.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: literature records via OBIS (Hexacorallians of the World (Fautin 2013)). Only one kind of evidence was found, so it is listed as possibly present.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Blastomussa-wellsi.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207386
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.