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Porous star coral
Astreopora myriophthalma
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207128, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Porous star coral
- Scientific
- Astreopora myriophthalma
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 3 to 20 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
Description
A starflower coral: a massive, rounded or flattened coral whose surface is covered in small, conical, volcano-like cups. The tissue is usually cream, brown or grey, and the polyps are rarely extended by day. It grows on reef slopes and in lagoons and can form large mounds.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=1); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=2); literature records via OBIS (Hexacorallians of the World (Fautin 2013), IndOBIS); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Astreopora-myriophthalma.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207128
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Coral_(Astreopora_myriophthalma),_parque_nacional_Ras_Muham
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.