Maldives Marine Life

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Acropora coral (no English common name)
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Acropora coral (no English common name)

Acropora abrotanoides

Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207083, checked 2026-10-31).

English
Acropora coral (no English common name)
Scientific
Acropora abrotanoides
Dhivehi
No recorded Dhivehi name
Group
Hard corals
Family
Acroporidae (staghorn, table and plate corals)
Depth and habitat
Reef-associated, recorded from 2 to 5 m
IUCN status
EN · EndangeredEndangered (EN), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II

Description

A robust Acropora with thick, irregular branches, typical of reef edges and upper slopes exposed to waves. It is told apart from related species only by close examination of the skeleton.

In the Maldives

Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=13, QM); literature records via OBIS (Hexacorallians of the World (Fautin 2013), IndOBIS); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.

Sources

Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.