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Orange sea fan
Subergorgia suberosa
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 288010, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Orange sea fan
- Scientific
- Subergorgia suberosa
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 6 to 21 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A sea fan that forms large, flat fans with stiff branches, sometimes joining into a loose net. The fans are often reddish-brown, orange or yellow. It grows on slopes and walls with good current, set across the flow to catch plankton.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=3, CAS); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=12).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Subergorgia-suberosa.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=288010
- inaturalist.org /observations/61233078
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.