Astraeosmilia coral (no English common name)

Astraeosmilia tumida

Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 1487797, checked 2026-10-31).

English: Astraeosmilia coral (no English common name)
Scientific: Astraeosmilia tumida
Dhivehi: No recorded Dhivehi name

Group: Hard corals
Family: Merulinidae (brain, honeycomb and horn corals)
Depth and habitat: Reef-associated, recorded from 0 to 40 m
IUCN status: LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II

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: literature records via OBIS (Hexacorallians of the World (Fautin 2013), IndOBIS); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.

Sources

sealifebase.se /summary/Astraeosmilia-tumida.html
marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1487797

Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.