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Acropora coral (no English common name)
Acropora anthocercis
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207024, checked 2026-10-31).
Possibly present in the Maldives
- English
- Acropora coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Acropora anthocercis
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 3 to 10 m
- IUCN status
- EN · EndangeredEndangered (EN), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
- Record in the Maldives
- Possibly present
Description
A plate- or cushion-forming Acropora with stout branchlets and petal-shaped side cups, on exposed upper slopes. 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/Acropora-anthocercis.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207024
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Acropora_anthocercis.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.