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Tubastraea sun coral (no English common name)
Tubastraea stimpsonii
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 1670300, checked 2026-10-31). Recorded in Maldives sources as Balanophyllia stimpsonii.
Possibly present in the Maldives
- English
- Tubastraea sun coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Tubastraea stimpsonii
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)CITES Appendix II
- Record in the Maldives
- Possibly present
Description
A sun coral that forms clusters of tubular cups in shaded places. It is told apart from related species only by close examination of the skeleton.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist. Only one kind of evidence was found, so it is listed as possibly present.
Sources
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1670300
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.