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Smooth cauliflower coral
Stylophora pistillata
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 206982, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Smooth cauliflower coral
- Scientific
- Stylophora pistillata
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 3 to 35 m
- IUCN status
- NT · Near ThreatenedNear Threatened (NT), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
Description
A smooth-surfaced branching coral with blunt, thick branches, common on reef flats and shallow slopes in the Indian Ocean. It is told apart from related species only by close examination of the skeleton.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=3); literature records via OBIS (IndOBIS); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Stylophora-pistillata.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206982
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Corail_Stylophora_pistillata.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.