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Pocillopora coral (no English common name)
Pocillopora woodjonesi
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 289252, checked 2026-10-31).
Possibly present in the Maldives
- English
- Pocillopora coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Pocillopora woodjonesi
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 0 to 40 m
- IUCN status
- EN · EndangeredEndangered (EN), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
- Record in the Maldives
- Possibly present
Description
A Pocillopora coral: a bushy branching coral whose branches are covered in small wart-like lumps (verrucae). Pocillopora are among the first corals to settle on damaged reefs, and often shelter coral crabs and shrimps among their branches. It is told apart from related species only by close examination of the skeleton.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=6, QM). Only one kind of evidence was found, so it is listed as possibly present.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Pocillopora-woodjonesi.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=289252
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.