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Leptastrea coral (no English common name)
Leptastrea bottae
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207476, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Leptastrea coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Leptastrea bottae
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 0 to 40 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
Description
A massive or encrusting coral with small, slightly raised cups separated by narrow grooves. It is told apart from related species only by close examination of the skeleton.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=6, USNM); literature records via OBIS (Hexacorallians of the World (Fautin 2013), IndOBIS); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Leptastrea-bottae.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207476
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.