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Anemone coral
Goniopora planulata
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207220, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Anemone coral
- Scientific
- Goniopora planulata
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 2 to 20 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2023CITES 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-planulata.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207220
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.