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Pagoda coral
Duncanopsammia peltata
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 1469809, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Pagoda coral
- Scientific
- Duncanopsammia peltata
- 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 coral that forms clusters of short, tubular branches, each ending in a large round polyp with a ring of short tentacles, often extended by day. Colonies are usually brown, green or grey. It grows on sandy slopes and in lagoons, often in slightly turbid water.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=2); literature records via OBIS (Hexacorallians of the World (Fautin 2013), IndOBIS).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Duncanopsammia-peltata.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1469809
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Coral_(Duncanopsammia_peltata),_Anilao,_Filipinas,_2023-08-
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.