Leptastrea
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| Leptastrea bewickensis | |
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| Family: | Leptastreidae
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| Genus: | Leptastrea Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848
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Leptastrea is a genus of massive reef building stony corals known primarily from the Indo-Pacific. Although previously assigned to Faviidae, Budd et al. (2012) assigned it to Scleractinia incertae sedis based on phylogenetic results demonstrating the polyphyly of Faviidae.[1] Assigned to family Leptastreidae by Rowlett (2020).[2]
Species
[edit]The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species:[3]
- Leptastrea aequalis Veron, 2000
- Leptastrea bewickensis Veron, Pichon, and Best, 1977[4]
- Leptastrea bottae (Milne Edwards and Haime, 1849)
- Leptastrea inaequalis Klunzinger, 1879
- Leptastrea pruinosa Crossland, 1952[4]
- Leptastrea purpurea (Dana, 1846) - (Ocellated brain coral)[4]
- Leptastrea transversa Klunzinger, 1879[4]
References
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- ^ Budd, Ann F.; Fukami, Hironobu; Smith, Nathan D.; Knowlton, Nancy (2012). "Taxonomic classification of the reef coral family Mussidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 166 (3): 465–529. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00855.x.
- ^ Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2023). World List of Scleractinia. Leptastreidae Rowlett, 2020. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1464209 on 2023-05-02.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Cyphastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
- ^ a b c d Fenner, Douglas (2005). Corals of Hawai'i : field guide to the hard, black, and soft corals of Hawai'i and the northwest Hawaiian Islands, including Midway. Honolulu, Hawai'i: Mutual Pub. ISBN 1-56647-673-9.
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