Maldives Marine Life

Marine life of Maldivian waters

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Callogorgia soft corals (no English common name)
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Photo: Lophelia II 2010 Expedition, NOAA-OER/BOEMRE. / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain (view on Wikimedia Commons)Coral photo: species not verifiable from image.

Callogorgia soft corals (no English common name)

Callogorgia

Genus-level entry: species are told apart only by microscopic features (sclerites). Valid genus (WoRMS, AphiaID 125317, checked 2026-10-31). Species recorded from the Maldives: Callogorgia dubia.

Possibly present in the Maldives

English
Callogorgia soft corals (no English common name)
Scientific
Callogorgia
Dhivehi
No recorded Dhivehi name
Group
Soft corals and sea fans
Family
Primnoidae (sea fans)
IUCN status
NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE) as a genus; most species not assessed
Record in the Maldives
Possibly present

Description

A deep-sea sea fan with feathery, pinnate branches. In the Maldives it is known from specimens and literature records from deep water, below normal diving depth. Species are told apart only by microscopic features.

In the Maldives

Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=2). Only one kind of evidence was found, so it is listed as possibly present.

Sources

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