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Acropora coral (no English common name)
Acropora tenella
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 288254, checked 2026-10-31).
Possibly present in the Maldives
- English
- Acropora coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Acropora tenella
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 25 to 70 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
- Record in the Maldives
- Possibly present
Description
A delicate Acropora with flat, horizontal branches, found in deeper, calm water. It is told apart from related species only by close examination of the skeleton.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist. Only one kind of evidence was found, so it is listed as possibly present.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Acropora-tenella.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=288254
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:640x427-Acropora-tenella-coral_NB_W.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.