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Cockscomb cup coral
Desmophyllum dianthus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 135159, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Cockscomb cup coral
- Scientific
- Desmophyllum dianthus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 8 to 2500 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
Description
A solitary, trumpet-shaped cup coral found in deep, cold water around the world. 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: literature records via OBIS (Hexacorallians of the World (Fautin 2013)); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Desmophyllum-dianthus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135159
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Orifice_buccal_d'un_corail_solitaire_(Desmophyllum_dianthus
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.