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Starry cup coral
Acanthastrea brevis
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 430639, checked 2026-10-31).
Possibly present in the Maldives
- English
- Starry cup coral
- Scientific
- Acanthastrea brevis
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 1 to 20 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2022CITES Appendix II
- Record in the Maldives
- Possibly present
Description
A massive or encrusting coral with large, fleshy, often brightly mottled polyps. The walls between the cups carry coarse, spiny teeth. Colonies are usually low and rounded. 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
- sealifebase.se /summary/Acanthastrea-brevis.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430639
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.