Brush coral
Acropora surculosa
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207085, checked 2026-10-31).
Possibly present in the Maldives
- English
- Brush coral
- Scientific
- Acropora surculosa
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 0 to 52 m
- IUCN status
- EN · EndangeredEndangered (EN), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
- Record in the Maldives
- Possibly present
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: literature records via OBIS (IndOBIS). Only one kind of evidence was found, so it is listed as possibly present.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Acropora-surculosa.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207085
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.