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Heteropsammia coral (no English common name)
Heteropsammia cochlea
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207501, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Heteropsammia coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Heteropsammia cochlea
- 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
Description
A small, free-living coral that lives on sand with a sipunculan worm in its base. The worm moves it about. It is told apart from related species only by close examination of the skeleton.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=7); literature records via OBIS (IndOBIS).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Heteropsammia-cochlea.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207501
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Heteropsammia_cochlea.jpeg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.