Maldives Marine Life

Marine life of Maldivian waters

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Montipora coral (no English common name)
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Montipora coral (no English common name)

Montipora undata

Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207167, checked 2026-10-31).

Possibly present in the Maldives

English
Montipora coral (no English common name)
Scientific
Montipora undata
Dhivehi
No recorded Dhivehi name
Group
Hard corals
Family
Acroporidae (staghorn, table and plate corals)
Depth and habitat
Reef-associated, recorded from 3 to 30 m
IUCN status
EN · EndangeredEndangered (EN), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
Record in the Maldives
Possibly present

Description

A Montipora with wavy ridges on its surface. 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)). Only one kind of evidence was found, so it is listed as possibly present.

Sources

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