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Wrinkle coral
Psammocora columna
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 766867, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Wrinkle coral
- Scientific
- Psammocora columna
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 0 to 40 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
Description
A Psammocora that forms short columns, knobs or lumpy encrusting colonies with a fine, sandpaper-like surface. Colonies are usually brown, grey or cream and grow on reef slopes.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=1); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=1); literature records via OBIS (Hexacorallians of the World (Fautin 2013)).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Psammocora-columna.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=766867
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Coscinaraea_columna,_disposición_coralitos.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.