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Caryophyllia coral (no English common name)
Caryophyllia rugosa
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 286763, checked 2026-10-31).
Possibly present in the Maldives
- English
- Caryophyllia coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Caryophyllia rugosa
- 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 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: 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=286763
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.