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Endopsammia coral (no English common name)
Endopsammia philippensis
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 289892, checked 2026-10-31).
Possibly present in the Maldives
- English
- Endopsammia coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Endopsammia philippensis
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)CITES Appendix II
- Record in the Maldives
- Possibly present
Description
A small solitary or loosely colonial cup coral with no symbiotic algae. It is found in shaded crevices and caves. 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/Endopsammia-philippensis.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=289892
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.