Maldives Marine Life

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Stylocoeniella coral (no English common name)
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Stylocoeniella coral (no English common name)

Stylocoeniella guentheri

Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 206948, checked 2026-10-31).

English
Stylocoeniella coral (no English common name)
Scientific
Stylocoeniella guentheri
Dhivehi
No recorded Dhivehi name
Group
Hard corals
Family
Astrocoeniidae (thorn corals)
Depth and habitat
Reef-associated, recorded from 4 to 51 m
IUCN status
LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II

Description

A small encrusting or knobby coral with tiny cups and small spines (styles) between them. It is told apart from related species only by close examination of the skeleton.

In the Maldives

Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=2); literature records via OBIS (Hexacorallians of the World (Fautin 2013), IndOBIS); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.

Sources

Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.