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Head coral
Dipsastraea favus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 718748, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Head coral
- Scientific
- Dipsastraea favus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 0 to 50 m
- IUCN status
- VU · VulnerableVulnerable (VU), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
Description
A massive Dipsastraea with large, rounded cups. It is told apart from related species only by close examination of the skeleton.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=5, USNM); literature records via OBIS (Hexacorallians of the World (Fautin 2013), IndOBIS); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Dipsastraea-favus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=718748
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Coral_(Dipsastraea_favus),_mar_Rojo,_Egipto,_2023-04-14,_DD
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.