Leptastrea

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]

Leptastrea
Leptastrea bewickensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Hexacorallia
Order:
Scleractinia
Family:
incertae sedis
Genus:
Leptastrea

Species
See text

Species

The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species:[2]

  • Leptastrea aequalis Veron, 2000
  • Leptastrea bewickensis Veron, Pichon, and Best, 1977[3]
  • Leptastrea bottae (Milne Edwards and Haime, 1849)
  • Leptastrea inaequalis Klunzinger, 1879
  • Leptastrea pruinosa Crossland, 1952[3]
  • Leptastrea purpurea (Dana, 1846) - (Ocellated brain coral)[3]
  • Leptastrea transversa Klunzinger, 1879[3]

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