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Goniopora coral (no English common name)
Goniopora columna
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207221, checked 2026-10-31).
Possibly present in the Maldives
- English
- Goniopora coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Goniopora columna
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 2 to 18 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
- Record in the Maldives
- Possibly present
Description
A Goniopora that forms columns and rounded lumps, with long polyps extended by day. It is told apart from related species only by close examination of the skeleton.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: literature records via OBIS (Hexacorallians of the World (Fautin 2013)). Only one kind of evidence was found, so it is listed as possibly present.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Goniopora-columna.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207221
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Goniopora_columna.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.