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Green open brain coral
Trachyphyllia geoffroyi
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207495, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Green open brain coral
- Scientific
- Trachyphyllia geoffroyi
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
Description
A free-living coral with one large, fleshy, meandering polyp, on soft bottoms. 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); literature records via OBIS (IndOBIS); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Trachyphyllia-geoffroyi.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207495
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Open_Brain_Coral.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.