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Favites coral (no English common name)
Favites stylifera
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 288823, checked 2026-10-31).
Possibly present in the Maldives
- English
- Favites coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Favites stylifera
- 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 2023CITES Appendix II
- Record in the Maldives
- Possibly present
Description
A massive honeycomb coral with cups that share walls. It forms rounded colonies on reef slopes. Colonies are usually brown or green. Favites species need a close look at their cups to tell apart.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=1). Only one kind of evidence was found, so it is listed as possibly present.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Favites-stylifera.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=288823
- inaturalist.org /observations/341632656
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.