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Echinopora coral (no English common name)
Echinopora gemmacea
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207418, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Echinopora coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Echinopora gemmacea
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 1 to 50 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
Description
An encrusting to plate-like Echinopora with a rough, spiny surface. 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); literature records via OBIS (Hexacorallians of the World (Fautin 2013)); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Echinopora-gemmacea.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207418
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Echinopora_gemmacea_à_confirmer.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.