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Stichopathes black coral (no English common name)
Stichopathes maldivensis
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 283971, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Stichopathes black coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Stichopathes maldivensis
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Black corals
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)CITES Appendix II
Description
A whip black coral: a single long, thin, unbranched strand rising from a small holdfast on slopes and walls. Its small polyps run in a row along one side. Its name refers to the Maldives. Like all black corals it is listed on CITES Appendix II.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=5); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Stichopathes-maldivensis.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=283971
- inaturalist.org /observations/236340475
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.