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Ragged chalice coral
Oxypora lacera
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207374, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Ragged chalice coral
- Scientific
- Oxypora lacera
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 2 to 35 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2022CITES Appendix II
Description
A thin, plate-like coral with spiny cups and a perforated surface. It is told apart from related species only by close examination of the skeleton.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=3); literature records via OBIS (Hexacorallians of the World (Fautin 2013), IndOBIS).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Oxypora-lacera.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207374
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Oxypora_lacera,_Poruma.JPG
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.