Maldives Marine Life

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Sandalolitha mushroom coral (no English common name)
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Photo: Zarinah Waheed, Francesca Benzoni, Sancia E. T. van der Meij, Tullia Isotta Terraneo, Bert W. Hoeksema / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0 (view on Wikimedia Commons)Coral photo: species not verifiable from image.

Sandalolitha mushroom coral (no English common name)

Sandalolitha dentata

Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 291009, checked 2026-10-31).

English
Sandalolitha mushroom coral (no English common name)
Scientific
Sandalolitha dentata
Dhivehi
No recorded Dhivehi name
Group
Hard corals
Family
Fungiidae (mushroom corals)
Depth and habitat
Reef-associated, recorded from 0 to 40 m
IUCN status
LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2022CITES Appendix II

Description

A large, free-living mushroom coral with toothed ridges. It is told apart from related species only by close examination of the skeleton.

In the Maldives

Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=1); literature records via OBIS (IndOBIS).

Sources

Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.