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Chinese lettuce coral
Mycedium elephantotus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207373, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Chinese lettuce coral
- Scientific
- Mycedium elephantotus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 6 to 70 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
Description
A plate-like coral that forms thin, overlapping plates or shallow cups. The cups face outward towards the plate edge, each with a raised, nose-like lip. Colonies are usually brown, green, grey or reddish and grow on reef slopes and walls.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=3); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=3); literature records via OBIS (Hexacorallians of the World (Fautin 2013), IndOBIS).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Mycedium-elephantotus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207373
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Mycedium_elephantotus,_Aureed.JPG
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.