Maldives Marine Life

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Lithophyllon mushroom coral (no English common name)
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Photo: Zarinah Waheed, Francesca Benzoni, Sancia E. T. van der Meij, Tullia Isotta Terraneo, Bert W. Hoeksema / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0 (view on Wikimedia Commons)Coral photo: species not verifiable from image.

Lithophyllon mushroom coral (no English common name)

Lithophyllon scabra

Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 716611, checked 2026-10-31).

Possibly present in the Maldives

English
Lithophyllon mushroom coral (no English common name)
Scientific
Lithophyllon scabra
Dhivehi
No recorded Dhivehi name
Group
Hard corals
Family
Fungiidae (mushroom corals)
Depth and habitat
Reef-associated, recorded from 15 to 25 m
IUCN status
LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), 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

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