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Caryophyllia coral (no English common name)
Caryophyllia grandis
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 286743, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Caryophyllia coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Caryophyllia grandis
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)CITES Appendix II
Description
A small solitary cup coral with a circular to oval cup and a tall, ribbed wall. Most species live in deep or dark 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=2); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286743
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.