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Swelling coral
Leptoseris incrustans
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207279, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Swelling coral
- Scientific
- Leptoseris incrustans
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Hard corals
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 10 to 25 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2023CITES Appendix II
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), IndOBIS); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Leptoseris-incrustans.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207279
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Leptoseris_incrustans,_in_situ.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.