CR — Critically Endangered

Ctenella chagius

Conservation status data sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

↓Decreasing

Population trend

Countries

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01 — Classification

Taxonomy & Classification

Kingdom

ANIMALIA

Phylum

CNIDARIA

Class

ANTHOZOA

Order

SCLERACTINIA

Family

EUPHYLLIIDAE

Genus

Ctenella

Ctenella chagius belongs to the family EUPHYLLIIDAE, order SCLERACTINIA, within the ANTHOZOA class.

03 — Habitat

Habitat & Distribution

Marine coastal/supratidalMajorMarine neriticMajorWetlands (inland) - Permanent freshwater lakesMajor

04 — Threats

Threats

IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered

Assessed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

Fishing & harvesting aquatic resources

Ongoing

Type Unknown/Unrecorded (pollution)

Ongoing

War, civil unrest & military exercises

Ongoing

05 — Conservation

Conservation Actions

Species management

Species recovery

Ex-situ conservation

Legislation

06 — Range

Found in 6 Countries

British Indian Ocean Territory Maldives Mauritius Papua New Guinea Réunion Seychelles

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07 — Sources

Sources & Attribution

How to Cite

IUCN: IUCN (2025). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2025-1. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-1.RLTS

GBIF: GBIF.org (2025). GBIF Home Page. Available at: https://www.gbif.org

This page: SpeciesRadar (2025). Ctenella chagius (Ctenella chagius). SpeciesRadar: Intelligence for Earth's Biodiversity. Available at: https://speciesradar.org/species/ctenella-chagius-2259748

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