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Lithophyllon mushroom coral (no English common name)
Lithophyllon concinna
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 716645, checked 2026-10-31).
Possibly present in the Maldives
- English
- Lithophyllon mushroom coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Lithophyllon concinna
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 0 to 40 m
- IUCN status
- EN · EndangeredEndangered (EN), assessed 2022CITES Appendix II
- Record in the Maldives
- Possibly present
Description
A mushroom coral that may be free-living or attached, forming oval discs or encrusting plates. 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 (Hexacorallians of the World (Fautin 2013)). Only one kind of evidence was found, so it is listed as possibly present.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Lithophyllon-concinna.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=716645
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:FungiaConcinnaJI1.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.