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Stichopathes black coral (no English common name)
Stichopathes indica
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 283967, checked 2026-10-31).
Possibly present in the Maldives
- English
- Stichopathes black coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Stichopathes indica
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Black corals
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)CITES Appendix II
- Record in the Maldives
- Possibly present
Description
A whip black coral: a single long, thin, unbranched strand rising from a small holdfast on deeper slopes and walls, with its small polyps in a single row along one side. 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/Stichopathes-indica.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=283967
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.