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Distichopora lace coral (no English common name)
Distichopora violacea
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 210734, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Distichopora lace coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Distichopora violacea
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Depth and habitat
- recorded from 0 to 122 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)CITES Appendix II
Description
A lace coral (a hydrocoral, not a true stony coral) that forms small, stiff, flattened fans with blunt branches, usually purple or violet, sometimes with paler tips. Rows of tiny pores line the edges of each branch. It grows in caves, under overhangs and on shaded walls. Like all lace corals it is listed on CITES Appendix II.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=2); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Distichopora-violacea.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210734
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Distichopora_violacea_206159442.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.