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Stylaraea coral (no English common name)
Stylaraea punctata
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 212178, checked 2026-10-31).
Possibly present in the Maldives
- English
- Stylaraea coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Stylaraea punctata
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 1 to 7 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
- Record in the Maldives
- Possibly present
Description
One of the smallest reef-building corals: tiny encrusting colonies only a few centimetres across, with very small cups. 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/Stylaraea-punctata.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212178
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.