Transverse coral
Leptastrea transversa
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 32 diving areas across 24 countries and 7 regions.
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 3 records
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 77 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 3 records
- Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 2 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 4 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 4 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 1 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 2 records
- Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 2 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 39 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 12 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 1 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 1 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 11 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 1 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 3 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 3 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 1 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 4 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 1 records
- Mafia Island, Tanzania - 2 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 1 records
- Yanbu, Saudi Arabia - 1 records
- Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Chile - 4 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 2 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 2 records