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Genus of corals

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. Assigned to family Leptastreidae by Rowlett (2020).

Species

The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species:

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.
Taxon identifiers
Leptastrea


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