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Leptoseris coral (no English common name)
Leptoseris glabra
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 759334, checked 2026-10-31).
Possibly present in the Maldives
- English
- Leptoseris coral (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Leptoseris glabra
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)CITES Appendix II
- Record in the Maldives
- Possibly present
Description
A thin, plate-like or encrusting coral with small cups set in short ridges on its upper surface. Several species are among the deepest-living reef corals. 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
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=759334
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Leptoseris_glabra,_in_situ.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.