Leptastrea

Leptastrea
Leptastrea bewickensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Anthozoa
Subclass:	Hexacorallia
Order:	Scleractinia
Family:	Leptastreidae
Genus:	Leptastrea Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848
Species
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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

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

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Cyphastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
4. 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.