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Ten coral
Madracis kirbyi
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 208943, checked 2026-10-31).
Possibly present in the Maldives
- English
- Ten coral
- Scientific
- Madracis kirbyi
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 1 to 60 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
- Record in the Maldives
- Possibly present
Description
A small, branching or encrusting coral with tiny cups. It often lives in shaded or deeper water. It is told apart from related species only by close examination of the skeleton.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist. Only one kind of evidence was found, so it is listed as possibly present.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Madracis-kirbyi.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208943
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.