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Yellow finger coral
Porites cylindrica
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207229, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Yellow finger coral
- Scientific
- Porites cylindrica
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 0 to 48 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
Description
A yellow finger coral: a branching Porites with thick, cylindrical, finger-like branches with blunt tips, rising from a solid base. Colonies are usually cream, yellow, brown or blue-grey and can form large stands in lagoons and on sheltered reef slopes. The tiny cups give the branches a smooth surface.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=20); literature records via OBIS (Hexacorallians of the World (Fautin 2013), IndOBIS).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Porites-cylindrica.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207229
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Porites_cylindrica_en_Samoa.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.