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Poker star montipora
Montipora danae
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207152, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Poker star montipora
- Scientific
- Montipora danae
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 6 to 40 m
- IUCN status
- EN · EndangeredEndangered (EN), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
Description
An encrusting Montipora with small bumps and ridges. 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/Montipora-danae.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207152
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Montipora_danae_234206549.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.