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Thin birdsnest coral
Seriatopora hystrix
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 206973, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Thin birdsnest coral
- Scientific
- Seriatopora hystrix
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 0 to 183 m
- IUCN status
- VU · VulnerableVulnerable (VU), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
Description
A bird's nest coral: a bushy, delicate colony of thin, sharply pointed branches. It is told apart from related species only by close examination of the skeleton.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=1); literature records via OBIS (IndOBIS).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Seriatopora-hystrix.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206973
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Seriatopora_hystrix.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.