Maldives Marine Life

Marine life of Maldivian waters

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Oval mushroom coral
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Oval mushroom coral

Lithophyllon repanda

Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 716653, checked 2026-10-31).

English
Oval mushroom coral
Scientific
Lithophyllon repanda
Dhivehi
No recorded Dhivehi name
Group
Hard corals
Family
Fungiidae (mushroom corals)
Depth and habitat
Reef-associated, recorded from 0 to 40 m
IUCN status
EN · EndangeredEndangered (EN), assessed 2022CITES Appendix II

Description

A free-living mushroom coral with a round to oval disc and a central mouth, with fine radiating ridges. It lies loose on reef slopes and rubble and is usually brown or green. It was formerly placed in Fungia.

In the Maldives

Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=1); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=2); literature records via OBIS (Hexacorallians of the World (Fautin 2013), IndOBIS).

Sources

Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.