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Goniopora coral (no English common name)
Goniopora granulosa
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 759933, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Goniopora coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Goniopora granulosa
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic)
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)CITES Appendix II
Description
A coral with long, flower-like polyps, each with 24 tentacles, that are usually extended by day and hide the skeleton. Colonies are often rounded or columnar. 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 (IndOBIS); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Goniopora-granulosa.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=759933
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.