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Starflower coral
Astreopora listeri
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207125, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Starflower coral
- Scientific
- Astreopora listeri
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 5 to 20 m
- IUCN status
- EN · EndangeredEndangered (EN), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
Description
A massive or encrusting coral covered in small, conical, volcano-like cups set in a rough, porous surface. Colonies are usually rounded or flattened. 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); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Astreopora-listeri.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207125
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Astreopora_listeri_Réunion.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.