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Stephanophyllia coral (no English common name)
Stephanophyllia fungulus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 291125, checked 2026-10-31).
Possibly present in the Maldives
- English
- Stephanophyllia coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Stephanophyllia fungulus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)CITES Appendix II
- Record in the Maldives
- Possibly present
Description
A small, solitary, disc-shaped deep-sea coral. In the Maldives it is known from specimens and literature records from deep water, below normal diving depth. 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). Only one kind of evidence was found, so it is listed as possibly present.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Stephanophyllia-fungulus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291125
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.