Bula acropora coral
Acropora samoensis
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207055, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Bula acropora coral
- Scientific
- Acropora samoensis
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 0 to 15 m
- IUCN status
- EN · EndangeredEndangered (EN), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
Description
An Acropora that forms bushy or rounded colonies with branches of irregular length. It grows on reef slopes. Colonies are usually brown or cream. It is not easily told apart from related species without close examination.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=18, QM); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=1); literature records via OBIS (Hexacorallians of the World (Fautin 2013)); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist. Branching and table corals of this kind were among the worst hit by the 1998 and 2016 mass bleaching events in the Maldives.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Acropora-samoensis.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207055
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Acropora_samoensis,_coralitos_2.JPG
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.