Maldives Marine Life

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Isopora coral (no English common name)
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Isopora coral (no English common name)

Isopora cuneata

Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 730687, checked 2026-10-31).

English
Isopora coral (no English common name)
Scientific
Isopora cuneata
Dhivehi
No recorded Dhivehi name
Group
Hard corals
Family
Acroporidae (staghorn, table and plate corals)
Depth and habitat
Reef-associated, recorded from 0 to 15 m
IUCN status
EN · EndangeredEndangered (EN), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II

Description

A coral related to Acropora, with no single larger cup at the tip of each branch. Colonies are encrusting, columnar or short-branched, and common on wave-exposed reef edges. It is told apart from related species only by close examination of the skeleton.

In the Maldives

Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=1); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.

Sources

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