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False pillow coral
Pseudosiderastrea tayamai
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207272, checked 2026-10-31).
Possibly present in the Maldives
- English
- False pillow coral
- Scientific
- Pseudosiderastrea tayamai
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 0 to 20 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
- Record in the Maldives
- Possibly present
Description
A small, massive or encrusting coral with fine, star-like cups. It is told apart from related species only by close examination of the skeleton.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist. Only one kind of evidence was found, so it is listed as possibly present.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Pseudosiderastrea-tayamai.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207272
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Coral_(Pseudosiderastrea_tayamai),_Anilao,_Filipinas,_2023-
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.