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Bowl coral
Halomitra pileus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207361, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Bowl coral
- Scientific
- Halomitra pileus
- 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 2022CITES Appendix II
Description
A helmet coral: a large, free-living mushroom coral shaped like a shallow dome or upturned bowl, with many mouths scattered over its upper surface and fine radiating ridges. It can grow to more than 50 cm across. Colonies are usually brown, often with paler or purple edges, and lie loose on reef slopes.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=2); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=5); literature records via OBIS (Hexacorallians of the World (Fautin 2013), IndOBIS).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Halomitra-pileus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207361
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Halomitra_pileus_detalle.JPG
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.