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Vaughanella coral (no English common name)
Vaughanella concinna
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 135177, checked 2026-10-31).
Possibly present in the Maldives
- English
- Vaughanella coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Vaughanella concinna
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- recorded from 540 to 3018 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)CITES Appendix II
- Record in the Maldives
- Possibly present
Description
A solitary cup coral of deep water. In the Maldives it is known from specimens and literature records from deep water, below normal diving depth. 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). Only one kind of evidence was found, so it is listed as possibly present.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Vaughanella-concinna.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135177
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.