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Acropora coral (no English common name)
Acropora vaughani
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 288262, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Acropora coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Acropora vaughani
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 1 to 23 m
- IUCN status
- EN · EndangeredEndangered (EN), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
Description
A staghorn Acropora with an open shape and thin branches, usually in lagoons. It is told apart from related species only by close examination of the skeleton.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=1, QM); literature records via OBIS (Hexacorallians of the World (Fautin 2013)); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Acropora-vaughani.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=288262
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Acropora_vaughani,_Poruma_2.JPG
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.