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Thorn coral
Stylocoeniella armata
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 206950, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Thorn coral
- Scientific
- Stylocoeniella armata
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 1 to 50 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
Description
A thorn coral: a small encrusting or knobby coral with tiny cups and small spines between them. Colonies are usually brown, cream or greenish and grow in shaded crevices and on reef slopes. It is easily overlooked.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=1); literature records via OBIS (Hexacorallians of the World (Fautin 2013)); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Stylocoeniella-armata.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206950
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Stylocoeniella_armata.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.