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Muricella sea fans (no English common name)
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Muricella sea fans (no English common name)

Muricella

Genus-level entry: species are told apart only by microscopic features (sclerites). Valid genus (WoRMS, AphiaID 267602, checked 2026-10-31). Species recorded from the Maldives: Muricella perramosa.

English
Muricella sea fans (no English common name)
Scientific
Muricella
Dhivehi
No recorded Dhivehi name
Group
Soft corals and sea fans
Family
Anthogorgiidae (sea fans)
IUCN status
NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE) as a genus; most species not assessed

Description

A sea fan that forms delicate, flat fans with thin branches, mostly in deeper water. Species are told apart only by microscopic features.

In the Maldives

Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=5); literature records via OBIS.

Sources

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