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Acropora coral (no English common name)
Acropora spicifera
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207087, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Acropora coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Acropora spicifera
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 2 to 10 m
- IUCN status
- EN · EndangeredEndangered (EN), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
Description
An Acropora coral: the largest and most varied genus of reef-building corals, forming branches, bushes, tables, plates and fingers. Each branch ends in a single larger cup with many small cups along its sides. Acropora grow fast and are among the first corals to die in marine heatwaves. It is told apart from related species only by close examination of the skeleton.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=4, QM); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Acropora-spicifera.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207087
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.