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Astraeosmilia coral (no English common name)
Astraeosmilia maxima
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 1487798, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Astraeosmilia coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Astraeosmilia maxima
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 0 to 35 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
Description
A massive coral with large, separate, rounded cups standing proud of the colony surface. It forms rounded colonies on reef slopes and is usually brown, cream or green. Identifying it reliably needs a close look at the cups.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=1); literature records via OBIS (Hexacorallians of the World (Fautin 2013)).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Astraeosmilia-maxima.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1487798
- inaturalist.org /observations/267474713
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.