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Feathery black coral
Myriopathes ulex
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 290441, checked 2026-10-31).
Possibly present in the Maldives
- English
- Feathery black coral
- Scientific
- Myriopathes ulex
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Black corals
- Depth and habitat
- recorded from 37 to 216 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)CITES Appendix II
- Record in the Maldives
- Possibly present
Description
A black coral that forms fan- or bottlebrush-shaped colonies with many fine, comb-like branchlets. Colonies grow on deeper walls and slopes. It is told apart from related species only by close examination of the skeleton.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=2). Only one kind of evidence was found, so it is listed as possibly present.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Myriopathes-ulex.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=290441
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.