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Acropora coral (no English common name)
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Acropora coral (no English common name)

Acropora microphthalma

Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207046, checked 2026-10-31).

English
Acropora coral (no English common name)
Scientific
Acropora microphthalma
Dhivehi
No recorded Dhivehi name
Group
Hard corals
Family
Acroporidae (staghorn, table and plate corals)
Depth and habitat
Reef-associated, recorded from 3 to 25 m
IUCN status
EN · EndangeredEndangered (EN), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II

Description

A staghorn Acropora with thin branches and very small cups that forms large thickets in lagoons and on sheltered 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=14, QM); literature records via OBIS (Hexacorallians of the World (Fautin 2013)); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.

Sources

Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.