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Echinophyllia coral (no English common name)
Echinophyllia orpheensis
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207369, checked 2026-10-31).
Possibly present in the Maldives
- English
- Echinophyllia coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Echinophyllia orpheensis
- 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 2022CITES Appendix II
- Record in the Maldives
- Possibly present
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: SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist. Only one kind of evidence was found, so it is listed as possibly present.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Echinophyllia-orpheensis.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207369
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Echinophyllia_orpheensis.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.