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Astraeosmilia coral (no English common name)
Astraeosmilia connata
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 762424, checked 2026-10-31).
Possibly present in the Maldives
- English
- Astraeosmilia coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Astraeosmilia connata
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- recorded from 0 to 30 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
- Record in the Maldives
- Possibly present
Description
A massive coral with large, separate, rounded cups (corallites) standing a little above the colony surface. 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/Astraeosmilia-connata.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=762424
- inaturalist.org /observations/339864272
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.