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Leptastrea coral (no English common name)
Leptastrea inaequalis
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207471, checked 2026-10-31).
Possibly present in the Maldives
- English
- Leptastrea coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Leptastrea inaequalis
- 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
- Record in the Maldives
- Possibly present
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: 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
- sealifebase.se /summary/Leptastrea-inaequalis.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207471
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Leptastrea_inaequalis.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.