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Spiral coral
Cirrhipathes spiralis
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 287837, checked 2026-10-31).
Possibly present in the Maldives
- English
- Spiral coral
- Scientific
- Cirrhipathes spiralis
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Black corals
- Depth and habitat
- recorded from 15 to 475 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)CITES Appendix II
- Record in the Maldives
- Possibly present
Description
A wire or whip black coral that grows as a single unbranched strand, straight or loosely coiled, sticking out from walls and overhangs. The living tissue is often yellow, green or brown and is covered in small polyps; tiny gobies and shrimps often live on it. 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
- sealifebase.se /summary/Cirrhipathes-spiralis.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287837
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Camarón_(Dasycaris_zanzibarica)_en_un_coral_alhambre_(Cirrh
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.