Maldives Marine Life

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

Acropora pharaonis

Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207059, checked 2026-10-31).

English
Acropora coral (no English common name)
Scientific
Acropora pharaonis
Dhivehi
No recorded Dhivehi name
Group
Hard corals
Family
Acroporidae (staghorn, table and plate corals)
Depth and habitat
Reef-associated, recorded from 5 to 25 m
IUCN status
EN · EndangeredEndangered (EN), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II

Description

An Acropora of the Red Sea and Indian Ocean that forms tiers of plates or bushy branches. It is told apart from related species only by close examination of the skeleton.

In the Maldives

Recorded from the Maldives: literature records via OBIS (IndOBIS); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.

Sources

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