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

Montipora venosa

Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207139, checked 2026-10-31).

English
Montipora coral (no English common name)
Scientific
Montipora venosa
Dhivehi
No recorded Dhivehi name
Group
Hard corals
Family
Acroporidae (staghorn, table and plate corals)
Depth and habitat
Reef-associated, recorded from 0 to 65 m
IUCN status
EN · EndangeredEndangered (EN), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II

Description

An encrusting to massive Montipora. 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)); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.

Sources

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