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Dendrophyllia coral (no English common name)
Dendrophyllia arbuscula
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 210746, checked 2026-10-31).
Possibly present in the Maldives
- English
- Dendrophyllia coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Dendrophyllia arbuscula
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 30 to 259 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)CITES Appendix II
- Record in the Maldives
- Possibly present
Description
A cup coral that forms tree-like branching colonies of tubular cups. It lacks symbiotic algae and lives in caves, under overhangs or in deep water. It is told apart from related species only by close examination of the skeleton.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=2). Only one kind of evidence was found, so it is listed as possibly present.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Dendrophyllia-arbuscula.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210746
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.