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] Assigned to family Leptastreidae by Rowlett (2020).^[2]

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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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]