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Encrusting porites
Porites rus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207231, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Encrusting porites
- Scientific
- Porites rus
- 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 with a mix of thin plates, encrusting sheets, knobs and columns in the same colony, sometimes covering large areas. Colonies are usually cream, brown, blue-grey or purple, with tiny cups. It grows on reef slopes and in lagoons and tolerates murky water better than many corals.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=3, USNM); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=18); literature records via OBIS (IndOBIS); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Porites-rus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207231
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Porites_rus_coral_Maug_caldera_2022.png
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.