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Intermediate valley coral
Oulophyllia crispa
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207485, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Intermediate valley coral
- Scientific
- Oulophyllia crispa
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- recorded from 0 to 40 m
- IUCN status
- EN · EndangeredEndangered (EN), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
Description
A brain coral with wide, deep, V-shaped valleys separated by thin, sharp walls. Colonies are rounded or flattened and usually brown, green or grey, often with contrasting valley floors. It grows on reef slopes and in lagoons.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=2); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=1); literature records via OBIS (Hexacorallians of the World (Fautin 2013), IndOBIS).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Oulophyllia-crispa.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207485
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Oulophyllia_crispa.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.