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Endopachys coral (no English common name)
Endopachys grayi
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 289891, checked 2026-10-31).
Possibly present in the Maldives
- English
- Endopachys coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Endopachys grayi
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- recorded from 37 to 386 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)CITES Appendix II
- Record in the Maldives
- Possibly present
Description
A small, solitary, wedge-shaped cup coral that lives on soft bottoms. In the Maldives it is known from specimens and literature records from deep water, below normal diving depth. 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). Only one kind of evidence was found, so it is listed as possibly present.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Endopachys-grayi.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=289891
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.