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Porites coral (no English common name)
Porites profundus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 411271, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Porites coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Porites profundus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
Description
A Porites recorded from the Maldives that forms encrusting to massive colonies with tiny cups. Colonies are usually brown or cream. It cannot be identified reliably underwater; Porites species are separated by close examination of the skeleton.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: literature records via OBIS (IndOBIS); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Porites-profundus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411271
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.