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Green staghorn coral
Acropora aspera
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207011, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Green staghorn coral
- Scientific
- Acropora aspera
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 0 to 65 m
- IUCN status
- EN · EndangeredEndangered (EN), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
Description
A branching Acropora of shallow lagoons and reef flats, with crowded, lipped side cups. It is told apart from related species only by close examination of the skeleton.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=3, QM); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Acropora-aspera.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207011
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Acropora_aspera.JPG
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.