Maldives Marine Life

Marine life of Maldivian waters

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Coelastrea coral (no English common name)
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Coelastrea coral (no English common name)

Coelastrea palauensis

Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 762428, checked 2026-10-31).

Possibly present in the Maldives

English
Coelastrea coral (no English common name)
Scientific
Coelastrea palauensis
Dhivehi
No recorded Dhivehi name
Group
Hard corals
Family
Merulinidae (brain, honeycomb and horn corals)
Depth and habitat
Reef-associated, recorded from 0 to 30 m
IUCN status
LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
Record in the Maldives
Possibly present

Description

A massive coral with rounded to polygonal cups, close to Goniastrea in appearance.

In the Maldives

Recorded from the Maldives: literature records via OBIS (Hexacorallians of the World (Fautin 2013)). 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.