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Bluetip coral
Acropora loripes
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207074, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Bluetip coral
- Scientific
- Acropora loripes
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 3 to 25 m
- IUCN status
- EN · EndangeredEndangered (EN), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
Description
A branching or plate-like Acropora with knobbly, club-shaped branch 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=40, QM); literature records via OBIS (Hexacorallians of the World (Fautin 2013)); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Acropora-loripes.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207074
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Dascyllus_reticulatus_(Reticulated_dascyllus)_in_Acropora_l
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.