How deep does the Swelling Coral live?

The Swelling Coral (Leptoseris incrustans) is typically found at 10–25 m.

Swelling Coral

Leptoseris incrustans

Group: Coral
Typical depth: 10–25 m
IUCN status: LC

A delicate plating coral that grows on vertical reef walls and in shaded water between about ten and twenty five metres. Its thin, swelling crusts catch what little light reaches those steeper faces.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Cnidaria › Hexacorallia › Scleractinia › Agariciidae › Leptoseris

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 207279.

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How deep does the Swelling Coral live?: The Swelling Coral (Leptoseris incrustans) is typically found at 10–25 m.