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Polycyathus coral (no English common name)
Polycyathus hodgsoni
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 286838, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Polycyathus coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Polycyathus hodgsoni
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)CITES Appendix II
Description
A small colonial cup coral that forms clusters of cups joined at their bases, mostly in shaded or deep water. In the Maldives it is known from specimens and literature records from deep water, below normal diving depth. 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); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Polycyathus-hodgsoni.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286838
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.