No photo available
Paragoniastrea coral (no English common name)
Paragoniastrea russelli
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 817179, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Paragoniastrea coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Paragoniastrea russelli
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 0 to 40 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
Description
A massive coral with polygonal, honeycomb-like cups that share walls. Colonies are rounded and usually brown or cream. It grows on reef slopes. It looks much like Goniastrea and needs a close look at the cups to identify.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=1); literature records via OBIS (Hexacorallians of the World (Fautin 2013)).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Paragoniastrea-russelli.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=817179
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Favites_russelli.JPG
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.