Leptastrea
Genus of corals
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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]
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| Family: | Leptastreidae |
| Genus: | Leptastrea Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848 |
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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]
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