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Irregular boomerang coral
Sandalolitha robusta
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 291010, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Irregular boomerang coral
- Scientific
- Sandalolitha robusta
- 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 2022CITES Appendix II
Description
A large, free-living mushroom coral, oval to round and often domed, with many mouths scattered across its upper surface. Colonies are usually brown or green, sometimes with paler edges, and lie loose on reef slopes and rubble.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=1); literature records via OBIS (Hexacorallians of the World (Fautin 2013), IndOBIS).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Sandalolitha-robusta.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291010
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Sandolitha_robusta_1.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.