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Echinophyllia coral (no English common name)
Echinophyllia galli
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 884586, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Echinophyllia coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Echinophyllia galli
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic)
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)CITES Appendix II
Description
A thin, plate-like or encrusting coral with scattered, spiny cups on its upper surface. Colonies often form overlapping plates on slopes. It is told apart from related species only by close examination of the skeleton.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=1); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Echinophyllia-galli.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=884586
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.