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Montipora coral (no English common name)
Montipora suvadivae
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 759932, checked 2026-10-31).
Possibly present in the Maldives
- English
- Montipora coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Montipora suvadivae
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)CITES Appendix II
- Record in the Maldives
- Possibly present
Description
A Montipora named after Suvadiva (Huvadhu) Atoll in the southern Maldives. 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). Only one kind of evidence was found, so it is listed as possibly present.
Sources
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=759932
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.