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Small-coned coral
Hydnophora microconos
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207402, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Small-coned coral
- Scientific
- Hydnophora microconos
- 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 massive horn coral that forms rounded or flattened colonies covered in small, close-set conical bumps (hydnophores). Colonies are usually brown, green or cream. It grows on reef slopes and in lagoons.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=8, USNM); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=5); literature records via OBIS (Hexacorallians of the World (Fautin 2013), IndOBIS).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Hydnophora-microconos.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207402
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Hydnophora_microconos,_Samoa.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.