Leptastrea coral
Leptastrea bottae
Category: Hard Corals
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Hexacorallia
- Order
- Scleractinia
- Family
- Leptastreidae
- Genus
- Leptastrea
Where to Find
Found in 19 diving areas across 16 countries and 5 regions.
- Christmas Island, Australia - 11 records
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 11 records
- Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 2 records
- Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 2 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 1 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 1 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 4 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 1 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 1 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 2 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 2 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 1 records
- Mafia Island, Tanzania - 2 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 1 records
- Yanbu, Saudi Arabia - 1 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 1 records