No photo available
Phyllangia coral (no English common name)
Phyllangia papuensis
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 287746, checked 2026-10-31).
Possibly present in the Maldives
- English
- Phyllangia coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Phyllangia papuensis
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)CITES Appendix II
- Record in the Maldives
- Possibly present
Description
A small colonial cup coral that lacks symbiotic algae and lives in shaded crevices. It is told apart from related species only by close examination of the skeleton.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist. Only one kind of evidence was found, so it is listed as possibly present.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Phyllangia-papuensis.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287746
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.