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Boulder coral
Porites solida
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207227, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Boulder coral
- Scientific
- Porites solida
- 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 massive Porites that forms rounded or flattened colonies with a smooth surface of tiny cups. Colonies are usually cream, brown or yellowish and grow on reef slopes and in lagoons. It is hard to tell from other massive Porites underwater.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: literature records via OBIS (Hexacorallians of the World (Fautin 2013), IndOBIS); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Porites-solida.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207227
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Porites_solida_Réunion.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.