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Leptastrea coral (no English common name)
Leptastrea purpurea
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207470, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Leptastrea coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Leptastrea purpurea
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 0 to 86 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
Description
A massive or encrusting coral with small, polygonal to rounded cups separated by grooves. Colonies are often brown, green, cream or purplish, with contrasting cup centres. It grows on reef flats and slopes.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=8); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=1); literature records via OBIS (Hexacorallians of the World (Fautin 2013), IndOBIS).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Leptastrea-purpurea.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207470
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Coral_polyp_3.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.