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

Acropora pulchra

Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207015, checked 2026-10-31).

English
Acropora coral (no English common name)
Scientific
Acropora pulchra
Dhivehi
No recorded Dhivehi name
Group
Hard corals
Family
Acroporidae (staghorn, table and plate corals)
Depth and habitat
Reef-associated, recorded from 1 to 20 m
IUCN status
EN · EndangeredEndangered (EN), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II

Description

A staghorn Acropora of shallow lagoons, often with blue or pale 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=7, QM); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.

Sources

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