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Purple nana
Acropora nana
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207100, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Purple nana
- Scientific
- Acropora nana
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 1 to 10 m
- IUCN status
- EN · EndangeredEndangered (EN), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
Description
A small, bushy Acropora with thin branches on wave-exposed reef crests. It is told apart from related species only by close examination of the skeleton.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=2, QM); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Acropora-nana.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207100
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Acropora_nana,_coralitos_2.JPG
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.