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Bottlebrush acropora
Acropora aculeus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 206991, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Bottlebrush acropora
- Scientific
- Acropora aculeus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 3 to 35 m
- IUCN status
- EN · EndangeredEndangered (EN), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
Description
A small, bushy Acropora with thin, tapering branchlets, often with brightly coloured tips. It is told apart from related species only by close examination of the skeleton.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=20, QM); literature records via OBIS (Hexacorallians of the World (Fautin 2013)); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Acropora-aculeus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206991
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Acropora_aculeus.JPG
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.