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Caulastraea coral (no English common name)
Caulastraea furcata
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 289577, checked 2026-10-31).
Possibly present in the Maldives
- English
- Caulastraea coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Caulastraea furcata
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 0 to 40 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
- Record in the Maldives
- Possibly present
Description
A coral that forms branching, bush-like colonies of tube-shaped stalks, each topped by one or two round polyps. 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 (IndOBIS). Only one kind of evidence was found, so it is listed as possibly present.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Caulastraea-furcata.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=289577
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Yellow_Clown_Goby.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.