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Encrusting sandpaper coral
Psammocora haimiana
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 718603, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Encrusting sandpaper coral
- Scientific
- Psammocora haimiana
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 0 to 88 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
Description
An encrusting to massive Psammocora with small cups set in short, irregular valleys and a fine, sandpaper-like texture. Colonies are usually brown, grey or greenish and grow on reef slopes and in lagoons.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=8); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=9); literature records via OBIS (Hexacorallians of the World (Fautin 2013), IndOBIS); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Psammocora-haimiana.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=718603
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Coral_(Psammocora_haimiana),_Mahé,_Seychelles,_2025-09-09,_
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.