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Leptastrea coral (no English common name)
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Leptastrea coral (no English common name)

Leptastrea transversa

Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207474, checked 2026-10-31).

English
Leptastrea coral (no English common name)
Scientific
Leptastrea transversa
Dhivehi
No recorded Dhivehi name
Group
Hard corals
Family
Leptastreidae (crust corals)
Depth and habitat
Reef-associated, recorded from 0 to 63 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=4); literature records via OBIS (Hexacorallians of the World (Fautin 2013), IndOBIS).

Sources

Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.