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Montipora coral (no English common name)
Montipora mollis
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207137, checked 2026-10-31).
Possibly present in the Maldives
- English
- Montipora coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Montipora mollis
- 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 2023CITES Appendix II
- Record in the Maldives
- Possibly present
Description
A Montipora coral: one of the most common reef-building genera, with very small cups set in a porous surface that is often roughened with tiny bumps or ridges. Colonies may be encrusting, plate-like, branching or a mix of these. It is told apart from related species only by close examination of the skeleton.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist. Only one kind of evidence was found, so it is listed as possibly present.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Montipora-mollis.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207137
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.