Maldives Marine Life

Marine life of Maldivian waters

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

Acropora speciosa

Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 430655, checked 2026-10-31).

Possibly present in the Maldives

English
Acropora coral (no English common name)
Scientific
Acropora speciosa
Dhivehi
No recorded Dhivehi name
Group
Hard corals
Family
Acroporidae (staghorn, table and plate corals)
Depth and habitat
Reef-associated, recorded from 3 to 35 m
IUCN status
VU · VulnerableVulnerable (VU), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
Record in the Maldives
Possibly present

Description

A plate or bottlebrush Acropora of deeper walls and slopes. 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). 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.