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Alveopora coral (no English common name)
Alveopora superficialis
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207199, checked 2026-10-31).
Possibly present in the Maldives
- English
- Alveopora coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Alveopora superficialis
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 15 to 15 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)CITES Appendix II
- Record in the Maldives
- Possibly present
Description
A coral with long, fleshy, flower-like polyps, each with 12 tentacles, that are usually extended by day and hide a light, porous skeleton. Colonies are rounded, encrusting or short-branched and grow mostly in sheltered water. 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/Alveopora-superficialis.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207199
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.