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African pillow coral
Siderastrea savignyana
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207515, checked 2026-10-31).
Possibly present in the Maldives
- English
- African pillow coral
- Scientific
- Siderastrea savignyana
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 0 to 10 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
- Record in the Maldives
- Possibly present
Description
A massive or encrusting coral with small, star-shaped cups that share walls. 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/Siderastrea-savignyana.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207515
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Coral_(Siderastrea_savignyana),_mar_Rojo,_Egipto,_2023-04-1
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.