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Plerogyra coral (no English common name)
Plerogyra eurysepta
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 287846, checked 2026-10-31).
Possibly present in the Maldives
- English
- Plerogyra coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Plerogyra eurysepta
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic)
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)CITES Appendix II
- Record in the Maldives
- Possibly present
Description
A bubble coral covered by day in large, smooth, inflated vesicles that hide the blade-like walls of its skeleton. It is told apart from related species only by close examination of the skeleton.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=1). Only one kind of evidence was found, so it is listed as possibly present.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Plerogyra-eurysepta.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287846
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.