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Cyphastrea coral (no English common name)
Cyphastrea chalcidicum
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207415, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Cyphastrea coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Cyphastrea chalcidicum
- 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
Description
A massive, encrusting or branching coral with small, round, raised cups set in a granular surface. It is told apart from related species only by close examination of the skeleton.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=4); literature records via OBIS (Hexacorallians of the World (Fautin 2013), IndOBIS).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Cyphastrea-chalcidicum.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207415
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Cyphastrea_chalcidicum.JPG
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.