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Conotrochus coral (no English common name)
Conotrochus brunneus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 289705, checked 2026-10-31).
Possibly present in the Maldives
- English
- Conotrochus coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Conotrochus brunneus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- recorded from 366 to 1089 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)CITES Appendix II
- Record in the Maldives
- Possibly present
Description
A small, solitary, cone-shaped cup coral of deep 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
- sealifebase.se /summary/Conotrochus-brunneus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=289705
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.