Maldives Marine Life

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

Acropora palmerae

Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207049, checked 2026-10-31).

Possibly present in the Maldives

English
Acropora coral (no English common name)
Scientific
Acropora palmerae
Dhivehi
No recorded Dhivehi name
Group
Hard corals
Family
Acroporidae (staghorn, table and plate corals)
Depth and habitat
Reef-associated, recorded from 0 to 15 m
IUCN status
EN · EndangeredEndangered (EN), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
Record in the Maldives
Possibly present

Description

An encrusting Acropora with short, thick lobes, on wave-exposed reef fronts. It is told apart from related species only by close examination of the skeleton.

In the Maldives

Recorded from the Maldives: SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist. Only one kind of evidence was found, so it is listed as possibly present.

Sources

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