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Psammocora coral (no English common name)
Psammocora profundacella
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207271, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Psammocora coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Psammocora profundacella
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)CITES Appendix II
Description
An encrusting to massive Psammocora with small, separate cups on a finely granular surface. Colonies are usually brown or grey and grow on reef slopes. It needs close examination to separate from other Psammocora.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=5, QM, RMNH); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=3); literature records via OBIS (Hexacorallians of the World (Fautin 2013)); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207271
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Psammacora_profundacella,_Moorea.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.