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Acropora coral (no English common name)
Acropora cerealis
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207016, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Acropora coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Acropora cerealis
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 3 to 20 m
- IUCN status
- EN · EndangeredEndangered (EN), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
Description
A small, bushy Acropora with thin branches and flared side cups, on shallow slopes. It is told apart from related species only by close examination of the skeleton.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=4, QM); literature records via OBIS (IndOBIS); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Acropora-cerealis.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207016
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Acropora_cerealis.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.