WoRMS taxon details
Leptastrea purpurea (Dana, 1846)
207470 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207470)
accepted
Species
Astraea (Fissicella) pulchra Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Astraea (Fissicella) purpurea Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Astraea pulchra Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Astraea purpurea Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Astrea pulchra Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Astrea purpurea (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Favia hawaiiensis (Vaughan, 1907) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Leptastraea ehrenbergana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Leptastraea pruinosa Crossland, 1952 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Leptastraea pulchra (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Leptastraea purpurea (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > superseded combination (misspelling)
Leptastrea bottae var. roissyana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Leptastrea ehrenbergana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (misspelling)
Leptastrea ehrenbergiana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Leptastrea pruinosa Crossland, 1952 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Leptastrea pulchra (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Leptastrea roissyana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Leptastrea stellulata Verrill, 1866 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Orbicella (Leptastraea) ehrenbergiana (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Orbicella ehrenbergiana (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Orbicella klunzingeri Gardiner, 1899 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Prionastraea pulchra (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Prionastraea purpurea (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Prionastrea purpurea (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Astraea (Fissicella) purpurea Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]
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Type locality contained in Fijian Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Fiji (Veron, 1986).
type locality contained in Fijian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From other sources
Type locality Fiji (Veron, 1986). [details]
Description Colonies are flat with angular subcerioid corallites of very variable size. Septa are tightly compact. Columellae are small...
Description Colonies are flat with angular subcerioid corallites of very variable size. Septa are tightly compact. Columellae are small and compact. Colour: usually pale yellow or cream on the upper surface with dark sides, grey with pale oral discs. Abundance: Common and occurs in a wide range of habitats. (Veron, 1986 <57>)
Colonies form encrustations in which the polygonal or rounded corallites (2-10 mm across) are flush with the surface, tightly packed and have prominent, radiating septa. Like Favites, common walls are shared between adjacent corallites. Colour: Polyps usually dark grey with pale oral discs, giving them an irregular but star-like quality. Habitat: diverse, including seagrass beds, reef flats and turbid waters. (Richmond, 1997) [details]
Colonies form encrustations in which the polygonal or rounded corallites (2-10 mm across) are flush with the surface, tightly packed and have prominent, radiating septa. Like Favites, common walls are shared between adjacent corallites. Colour: Polyps usually dark grey with pale oral discs, giving them an irregular but star-like quality. Habitat: diverse, including seagrass beds, reef flats and turbid waters. (Richmond, 1997) [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Leptastrea purpurea (Dana, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207470 on 2024-08-17
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original description
(of Leptastrea pruinosa Crossland, 1952) Crossland C (1952) Madreporaria, Hydrocorallinae, Heliopora and Tubipora. Scientific Report Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-29 VI(3): 85-257. [details]
original description (of Leptastrea ehrenbergiana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1849). Recherches sur les polypiers. Quatrième mémoire. Monographie des astréides(1). Tribu II. Astréens (Astreinae). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Série 3, Zoologie.</em> 11: 233–312. [details]
original description (of Leptastrea roissyana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1849). Recherches sur les polypiers. Quatrième mémoire. Monographie des astréides(1). Tribu II. Astréens (Astreinae). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Série 3, Zoologie.</em> 11: 233–312. [details]
original description (of Leptastrea stellulata Verrill, 1866) Verrill AE. (1866). Synopsis of the polyps and corals of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, under Commodore C. Ringgold and Capt. John Rodgers, U.S.N., from 1853 to 1856. Collected by Dr. Wm. Stimpson, Naturalist to the Expedition. With descriptions of some additional species from the west coast of North America. Part III. Madreporaria. <em>Communications of the Essex Institute, Salem.</em> 5(3): 17-50, pls. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33204514 [details]
original description (of Leptastrea bottae var. roissyana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1849). Recherches sur les polypiers. Quatrième mémoire. Monographie des astréides(1). Tribu II. Astréens (Astreinae). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Série 3, Zoologie.</em> 11: 233–312. [details]
original description (of Astraea (Fissicella) purpurea Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]
original description (of Astraea (Fissicella) pulchra Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]
original description (of Orbicella klunzingeri Gardiner, 1899) Gardiner JS (1899) On the astraeid corals collected by the author in the South Pacific. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1899: 734-764. [details]
context source (HKRMS) Lam K., Shin PKS., Bradbeer R., Ku KKK., Hodgson P. & Cheung SG. (2006). Baseline data of subtropical coral communities in Hoi Ha Wan Marine Park, Hong Kong, obtained by an underwater remote operated vehicle (ROV). Marine Pollution Bulletin 54: pp 97-116. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [details]
additional source Veron JEN, Pichon M, Wijsman-Best M. (1977). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part II. Families Faviidae, Trachyphylliidae. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph series.</em> 3: 1-233. [details]
additional source Reed, S.A., 1971. Some common Coelenterates in Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii. In: H.M. Lenhoff, L. Muscatine & L.V. Davis, eds, Experimental Coelenterate Biology : 37-51.
page(s): 49 [details]
additional source Hoffmeister, J.E. (1925). Some corals from America Samoa and the Fiji Islands. <em>Papers from the Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington.</em> 22: 1-90, pls. 1-23.
page(s): 8, 9, 12, 20-21 [details]
additional source Vaughan TW. (1918). Some shallow-water corals from Murray Island (Australia), Cocos-Keeling Island, and Fanning Island. <em>Papers from the Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington.</em> 9 (213): 49-234, pls. 20-93. [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
page(s): 29 [details]
additional source Randall RH. (2003). An annotated checklist of hydrozoan and scleractinian corals collected from Guam and other Mariana Islands. <em>Micronesica.</em> 35-36: 121-137.
page(s): 133 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em> [details]
additional source Umbgrove JHF. (1940). Madreporaria from the Togian Reefs (Gulf of Tomini, North-Celebes. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 22: 265-310.
page(s): 267, 270, 277 [details]
additional source Umbgrove JHF. (1939). Madreporaria from the Bay of Batavia. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 22: 1-64.
page(s): 6, 11, 17, 26 [details]
additional source Yabe H, Sugiyama T, Eguchi M. (1936). Recent reef-building corals from Japan and the South Sea Islands under the Japanese mandate. I. <em>The Science reports of the Tôhoku Imperial University, Sendai, 2nd Series (Geologie).</em> Special Volume 1: 1-66, pls. 1-59.
page(s): 26 [details]
additional source Yabe H, Sugiyama T. (1935). Revised list of the reef-corals from the Japanese seas and of the fossil reef corals of the raised reefs and the Ryukyu limestone of Japan. <em>Journal of the Geological Society of Japan.</em> 42: 379-403.
page(s): 381, 384, 385, 388, 393 [details]
additional source Crossland C (1952) Madreporaria, Hydrocorallinae, Heliopora and Tubipora. Scientific Report Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-29 VI(3): 85-257.
page(s): 90, 96 [details]
additional source Wijsman-Best M (1980) Indo-Pacific coral species belonging to the subfamily Montastreinae Vaughan and Wells, 1943 (Scleractinia-Coelenterata) part II: The genera Cyphastrea, Leptastrea, Echinopora and Diploastrea. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 55: 235-263. [details]
additional source Nemenzo F (1959) Systematic studies on Philippine shallow water scleractinians: II. Suborder Faviida. Natural and Applied Science Bulletin, University of the Philippines 16: 73-135, pls. 1-24.
page(s): 76, 111 [details]
additional source Pichon, M.; Benzoni, F. (2007). Taxonomic re-appraisal of zooxanthellate Scleractinian Corals in the Maldive Archipelago. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1441: 21–33.
page(s): 32 [details]
additional source Reyes-Bonilla, H. (2002). Checklist of valid names and synonyms of stony corals (Anthozoa: Scleractinia) from the eastern Pacific. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 36(1): 1-13., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/713833841 [details]
additional source Faustino LA. (1927). Recent Madreporaria of the Philippine Islands. <em>Bureau of Science Manila Monograph.</em> 22: 1-310, pls. 1-100.
page(s): 11, 36, 40, 119-120, 121 [details]
additional source Veron JEN, Marsh LM. (1988). Hermatypic corals of Western Australia : records and annotated species list. <em>Records Western Australian Museum Supplement.</em> 29: 1-136., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.60555
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additional source Pillai CSG. (1972). Stony corals of the seas around India. <em>Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Corals and Coral Reefs, 1969. Marine Biological Association of India Symposium.</em> 5: 191-216.
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additional source Fenner, D. P. (2005). Corals of Hawai'i. A Field Guide to the Hard, Black, and Soft Corals of Hawai'i and the Northwest Hawaiian Islands, Including Midway. <em>Mutual Publishing, Ltd., Honolulu.</em> 144 pp.
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additional source Randall RH, Myers RF. (1983). The corals. Guide to the Coastal Resources of Guam: Vol. 2. <em>University of Guam Press, Guam, pp. 128.</em> [details]
additional source Veron, J. E. N. (2000). Corals of the World, Volume III: Families Mussidae, Faviidae, Trachyphylliidae, Poritidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville., volume 3, pp. 490.
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additional source Maragos, J. E.; Siciliano, D.; Gulko, D.; VanRavenswaay, D.; Potts, D. C.; Aeby, G. (2004). Nihoa Island coral data compiled from Townsend Cromwell 2000, and Rapture 2000 and 2002 sites [Table 1]. Unpublished. [details]
additional source Maragos, J. E.; Molina, M.; Kenyon, J. (2004). Palmyra Atoll coral data compiled from Townsend Cromwell 2000-2002, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 2000-2001, and Sette 2004 surveys [Table 8]. UNPUBLISHED, UNPUBLISHED [details]
additional source Maragos, J. E.; Gulko, D.; Aeby, G.; Potts, D. C. (2004). Gardner Pinnacles 2000-3 coral data compiled from Rapture 2000 and 2002, and Sette 2003 sites [Table 2]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
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additional source Maragos, J. E.; Schmerfeld, J. (2004). Coral survey from Howland Island National Wildlife Refuge, 1998-2004 [Table 3]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
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additional source Maragos, J. E.; VanRavenswaay, D.; Potts, D. C.; Siciliano, D.; Aeby, G.; Kenyon, J.; Gulko, D. (2004). Necker Island coral data compiled from Rapture and Townsend Cromwell 2000 and 2002, and Sette 2003 surveys [Table 4]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
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additional source Maragos, J. E.; VanRavenswaay, D.; Gulko, D. (2004). French Frigate Shoals coral data compiled from Townsend Cromwell 2000-2, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Rapture 2000 and 2002, and 2003 Sette surveys [Table 1]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
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additional source Maragos, J. E.; Siciliano, D.; VanRavenswaay, D.; Aeby, G.; Kenyon, J.; Gulko, D.; Potts, D. C. (2004). Maro reef coral data compiled from Townsend Cromwell 2000 and 2002, American Islander 2001, Rapture 2000 and 2002, and Sette 2003 surveys [Table 9]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
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additional source Maragos, J. E.; Kenyon, J. (2004). Rose Atoll coral data compiled from US Fish and Wildlife Service 1994, Townsend Cromwell 2002, and Sette 2004 surveys [Table 10]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
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additional source Maragos, J. E.; Siciliano, D.; VanRavenswaay, D.; Gulko, D.; Aeby, G.; Kenyon, J.; Kenyon, J.; Potts, D. C. (2004). Pearl & Hermes Atoll coral data compiled from Rapture & Townsend Cromwell 2000 and 2002, American Islander 2001, and Sette 2003 surveys [Table 13]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
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additional source Maragos, J. E.; Kenyon, J.; Dana, T.; Aeby, G.; Siciliano, D.; VanRavenswaay, D.; Gulko, D.; Potts, D. C. (2004). Midway Atoll coral data compiled from Rapture 2000 and 2002, Townsend Cromwell 2002, US Fish and Wildlife Service 2000, and Sette 2003 surveys [Table 14]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished [details]
additional source Maragos, J. E.; Potts, D. C.; Aeby, G.; Gulko, D.; Kenyon, J.; Siciliano, D.; VanRavenswaay, D. (2004). 2000-2002 rapid ecological assessment of coral (Anthozoa) on shallow reefs of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Part 1: Species and distribution. Pacific Science, 58(2): 211-230
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additional source Maragos, J. E.; VanRavenswaay, D.; Aeby, G.; Gulko, D.; Kenyon, J.; Siciliano, D.; Potts, D. C. (2004). Kure Atoll coral data compiled from Rapture and Townsend Cromwell 2000 and 2002, and Sette 2003 surveys [Table 15]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
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additional source Maragos, J. E. (2004). Baker Island coral data [Table unnumbered]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
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additional source DeFelice, R.; Minton, D.; Godwin, L. S. (2002). Records of Shallow-Water Marine Invertebrates from French Frigate Shoals, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, with a Note on Noningenous Species: Report to U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Bishop Museum. Honolulu, Hawaii., pp. 78.
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additional source Maragos, J. E. (1977). Order Scleractinia, Stony Corals. Dennis M. Devaney and Lucius G. Eldredge (eds.). Bishop Museum Press. Honolulu, Hawaii, pp. 84
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additional source Wells JW. (1954). Recent corals of the Marshall Islands: Bikini and nearby atolls, part 2, oceanography (biologic). <em>U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 260(I): 385-486.
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additional source Pillai CSG. (1983). Structure and generic diversity of recent Scleractinia of India. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India.</em> 25, 1-2, 78-90.
page(s): 87 [details]
additional source Sheppard, C. R. C. (1985). Fringing reefs in the southern region, Jeddah to Jizan. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 7, 37-58
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additional source Kühlmann, D. H. H. (2006). Die Steinkorallensammlung im Naturhistorischen Museum in Rudolstadt (Thüringen) nebst ökologischen Bemerkungen. Rudolstädter Naturhistorische Schriften, 13, 37-113
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original description (of Leptastrea ehrenbergiana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1849). Recherches sur les polypiers. Quatrième mémoire. Monographie des astréides(1). Tribu II. Astréens (Astreinae). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Série 3, Zoologie.</em> 11: 233–312. [details]
original description (of Leptastrea roissyana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1849). Recherches sur les polypiers. Quatrième mémoire. Monographie des astréides(1). Tribu II. Astréens (Astreinae). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Série 3, Zoologie.</em> 11: 233–312. [details]
original description (of Leptastrea stellulata Verrill, 1866) Verrill AE. (1866). Synopsis of the polyps and corals of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, under Commodore C. Ringgold and Capt. John Rodgers, U.S.N., from 1853 to 1856. Collected by Dr. Wm. Stimpson, Naturalist to the Expedition. With descriptions of some additional species from the west coast of North America. Part III. Madreporaria. <em>Communications of the Essex Institute, Salem.</em> 5(3): 17-50, pls. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33204514 [details]
original description (of Leptastrea bottae var. roissyana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1849). Recherches sur les polypiers. Quatrième mémoire. Monographie des astréides(1). Tribu II. Astréens (Astreinae). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Série 3, Zoologie.</em> 11: 233–312. [details]
original description (of Astraea (Fissicella) purpurea Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]
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original description (of Astraea (Fissicella) pulchra Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]
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original description (of Orbicella klunzingeri Gardiner, 1899) Gardiner JS (1899) On the astraeid corals collected by the author in the South Pacific. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1899: 734-764. [details]
context source (HKRMS) Lam K., Shin PKS., Bradbeer R., Ku KKK., Hodgson P. & Cheung SG. (2006). Baseline data of subtropical coral communities in Hoi Ha Wan Marine Park, Hong Kong, obtained by an underwater remote operated vehicle (ROV). Marine Pollution Bulletin 54: pp 97-116. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [details]
additional source Veron JEN, Pichon M, Wijsman-Best M. (1977). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part II. Families Faviidae, Trachyphylliidae. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph series.</em> 3: 1-233. [details]
additional source Reed, S.A., 1971. Some common Coelenterates in Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii. In: H.M. Lenhoff, L. Muscatine & L.V. Davis, eds, Experimental Coelenterate Biology : 37-51.
page(s): 49 [details]
additional source Hoffmeister, J.E. (1925). Some corals from America Samoa and the Fiji Islands. <em>Papers from the Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington.</em> 22: 1-90, pls. 1-23.
page(s): 8, 9, 12, 20-21 [details]
additional source Vaughan TW. (1918). Some shallow-water corals from Murray Island (Australia), Cocos-Keeling Island, and Fanning Island. <em>Papers from the Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington.</em> 9 (213): 49-234, pls. 20-93. [details]
![OpenAccess publication OpenAccess publication](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/openaccess.png)
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
page(s): 29 [details]
additional source Randall RH. (2003). An annotated checklist of hydrozoan and scleractinian corals collected from Guam and other Mariana Islands. <em>Micronesica.</em> 35-36: 121-137.
page(s): 133 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em> [details]
additional source Umbgrove JHF. (1940). Madreporaria from the Togian Reefs (Gulf of Tomini, North-Celebes. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 22: 265-310.
page(s): 267, 270, 277 [details]
additional source Umbgrove JHF. (1939). Madreporaria from the Bay of Batavia. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 22: 1-64.
page(s): 6, 11, 17, 26 [details]
additional source Yabe H, Sugiyama T, Eguchi M. (1936). Recent reef-building corals from Japan and the South Sea Islands under the Japanese mandate. I. <em>The Science reports of the Tôhoku Imperial University, Sendai, 2nd Series (Geologie).</em> Special Volume 1: 1-66, pls. 1-59.
page(s): 26 [details]
additional source Yabe H, Sugiyama T. (1935). Revised list of the reef-corals from the Japanese seas and of the fossil reef corals of the raised reefs and the Ryukyu limestone of Japan. <em>Journal of the Geological Society of Japan.</em> 42: 379-403.
page(s): 381, 384, 385, 388, 393 [details]
additional source Crossland C (1952) Madreporaria, Hydrocorallinae, Heliopora and Tubipora. Scientific Report Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-29 VI(3): 85-257.
page(s): 90, 96 [details]
additional source Wijsman-Best M (1980) Indo-Pacific coral species belonging to the subfamily Montastreinae Vaughan and Wells, 1943 (Scleractinia-Coelenterata) part II: The genera Cyphastrea, Leptastrea, Echinopora and Diploastrea. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 55: 235-263. [details]
additional source Nemenzo F (1959) Systematic studies on Philippine shallow water scleractinians: II. Suborder Faviida. Natural and Applied Science Bulletin, University of the Philippines 16: 73-135, pls. 1-24.
page(s): 76, 111 [details]
additional source Pichon, M.; Benzoni, F. (2007). Taxonomic re-appraisal of zooxanthellate Scleractinian Corals in the Maldive Archipelago. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1441: 21–33.
page(s): 32 [details]
additional source Reyes-Bonilla, H. (2002). Checklist of valid names and synonyms of stony corals (Anthozoa: Scleractinia) from the eastern Pacific. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 36(1): 1-13., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/713833841 [details]
additional source Faustino LA. (1927). Recent Madreporaria of the Philippine Islands. <em>Bureau of Science Manila Monograph.</em> 22: 1-310, pls. 1-100.
page(s): 11, 36, 40, 119-120, 121 [details]
additional source Veron JEN, Marsh LM. (1988). Hermatypic corals of Western Australia : records and annotated species list. <em>Records Western Australian Museum Supplement.</em> 29: 1-136., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.60555
page(s): 30, 113 [details]
additional source Pillai CSG. (1972). Stony corals of the seas around India. <em>Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Corals and Coral Reefs, 1969. Marine Biological Association of India Symposium.</em> 5: 191-216.
page(s): 207 [details]
additional source Fenner, D. P. (2005). Corals of Hawai'i. A Field Guide to the Hard, Black, and Soft Corals of Hawai'i and the Northwest Hawaiian Islands, Including Midway. <em>Mutual Publishing, Ltd., Honolulu.</em> 144 pp.
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additional source Randall RH, Myers RF. (1983). The corals. Guide to the Coastal Resources of Guam: Vol. 2. <em>University of Guam Press, Guam, pp. 128.</em> [details]
additional source Veron, J. E. N. (2000). Corals of the World, Volume III: Families Mussidae, Faviidae, Trachyphylliidae, Poritidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville., volume 3, pp. 490.
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additional source Maragos, J. E.; Molina, M.; Kenyon, J. (2004). Palmyra Atoll coral data compiled from Townsend Cromwell 2000-2002, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 2000-2001, and Sette 2004 surveys [Table 8]. UNPUBLISHED, UNPUBLISHED [details]
additional source Maragos, J. E.; Gulko, D.; Aeby, G.; Potts, D. C. (2004). Gardner Pinnacles 2000-3 coral data compiled from Rapture 2000 and 2002, and Sette 2003 sites [Table 2]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
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additional source Maragos, J. E.; Schmerfeld, J. (2004). Coral survey from Howland Island National Wildlife Refuge, 1998-2004 [Table 3]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
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additional source Maragos, J. E.; VanRavenswaay, D.; Potts, D. C.; Siciliano, D.; Aeby, G.; Kenyon, J.; Gulko, D. (2004). Necker Island coral data compiled from Rapture and Townsend Cromwell 2000 and 2002, and Sette 2003 surveys [Table 4]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
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additional source Maragos, J. E.; VanRavenswaay, D.; Gulko, D. (2004). French Frigate Shoals coral data compiled from Townsend Cromwell 2000-2, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Rapture 2000 and 2002, and 2003 Sette surveys [Table 1]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
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additional source Maragos, J. E.; Siciliano, D.; VanRavenswaay, D.; Aeby, G.; Kenyon, J.; Gulko, D.; Potts, D. C. (2004). Maro reef coral data compiled from Townsend Cromwell 2000 and 2002, American Islander 2001, Rapture 2000 and 2002, and Sette 2003 surveys [Table 9]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
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additional source Maragos, J. E.; Kenyon, J. (2004). Rose Atoll coral data compiled from US Fish and Wildlife Service 1994, Townsend Cromwell 2002, and Sette 2004 surveys [Table 10]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
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additional source Maragos, J. E.; Siciliano, D.; VanRavenswaay, D.; Gulko, D.; Aeby, G.; Kenyon, J.; Kenyon, J.; Potts, D. C. (2004). Pearl & Hermes Atoll coral data compiled from Rapture & Townsend Cromwell 2000 and 2002, American Islander 2001, and Sette 2003 surveys [Table 13]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
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additional source Maragos, J. E.; Kenyon, J.; Dana, T.; Aeby, G.; Siciliano, D.; VanRavenswaay, D.; Gulko, D.; Potts, D. C. (2004). Midway Atoll coral data compiled from Rapture 2000 and 2002, Townsend Cromwell 2002, US Fish and Wildlife Service 2000, and Sette 2003 surveys [Table 14]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished [details]
additional source Maragos, J. E.; Potts, D. C.; Aeby, G.; Gulko, D.; Kenyon, J.; Siciliano, D.; VanRavenswaay, D. (2004). 2000-2002 rapid ecological assessment of coral (Anthozoa) on shallow reefs of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Part 1: Species and distribution. Pacific Science, 58(2): 211-230
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Nontype (of Leptastraea ehrenbergana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) BMNH, geounit Philippines Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Leptastrea pruinosa Crossland, 1952) WAM 225-84, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Leptastrea pruinosa Crossland, 1952) WAM 226-84, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Leptastrea pruinosa Crossland, 1952) WAM 227-84, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Leptastrea pruinosa Crossland, 1952) WAM 237-83, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Leptastrea pruinosa Crossland, 1952) WAM 322-83, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Leptastrea pruinosa Crossland, 1952) WAM 397-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Leptastrea pruinosa Crossland, 1952) WAM 401-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Leptastrea pruinosa Crossland, 1952) WAM 403-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Leptastrea pruinosa Crossland, 1952) WAM 405-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Leptastrea pruinosa Crossland, 1952) WAM 417-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Leptastrea pruinosa Crossland, 1952) WAM 573-81, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Leptastrea pruinosa Crossland, 1952) WAM 781-81, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Leptastrea pruinosa Crossland, 1952) WAM 821-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Leptastrea pruinosa Crossland, 1952) WAM 822-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Leptastrea pruinosa Crossland, 1952) WAM 870-86, geounit Ashmore-Cartier Is. [details]
Nontype (of Leptastrea pruinosa Crossland, 1952) WAM 941-86, geounit Ashmore-Cartier Is. [details]
Nontype (of Leptastrea pruinosa Crossland, 1952) WAM 945-86, geounit Ashmore-Cartier Is. [details]
Nontype IGPS 39721, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype IGPS 39870, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype IGPS 40404-40498, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype IGPS 40494, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype IGPS 40525, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype IGPS 40718, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype IGPS 40770, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype IGPS 40771, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype IGPS 40773, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype IGPS 40775, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype IGPS 40897, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype IGPS 41964, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype IGPS 44937, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype IGPS 44980, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype IGPS 45106, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype IGPS 45147, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype IGPS 45148, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype IGPS 47826, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype IGPS 47893, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype IGPS 48263, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype IGPS 48790, geounit Marshall Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype IGPS 53029, geounit Micronesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype IGPS 56665, geounit Palau Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NMSR 8645, geounit Yemeni Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 142-88, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 178-78, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 215-84, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 216-84, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 217-84, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 218-84, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 219-84, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 223-84, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 224-84, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 232-87, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 36-72, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 38-88, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 404-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 406-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 42-88, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 44-88, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 75-88, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 775-81, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 819-86, geounit Ashmore-Cartier Is. [details]
Nontype WAM 905-86, geounit Ashmore-Cartier Is. [details]
Nontype WAM 977-79, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Syntype (of Leptastrea stellulata Verrill, 1866) YPM, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type (of Favia hawaiiensis (Vaughan, 1907)) USNM, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type (of Leptastrea roissyana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) IMC mrt-73, geounit Myanmar Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type (of Leptastrea roissyana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) IMC mrt-77, geounit Myanmar Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology zooxanthellate [details]From other sources
Description Colonies are flat with angular subcerioid corallites of very variable size. Septa are tightly compact. Columellae are small and compact. Colour: usually pale yellow or cream on the upper surface with dark sides, grey with pale oral discs. Abundance: Common and occurs in a wide range of habitats. (Veron, 1986 <57>)Colonies form encrustations in which the polygonal or rounded corallites (2-10 mm across) are flush with the surface, tightly packed and have prominent, radiating septa. Like Favites, common walls are shared between adjacent corallites. Colour: Polyps usually dark grey with pale oral discs, giving them an irregular but star-like quality. Habitat: diverse, including seagrass beds, reef flats and turbid waters. (Richmond, 1997) [details]
Type locality Fiji (Veron, 1986). [details]
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes) (from synonym Leptastrea pruinosa Crossland, 1952)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Leptastrea pruinosa Crossland, 1952)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Leptastrea roissyana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Leptastrea stellulata Verrill, 1866)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Leptastrea pruinosa Crossland, 1952)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leptastrea pruinosa) (from synonym Leptastrea pruinosa Crossland, 1952)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leptastrea purpurea)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Leptastrea pruinosa Crossland, 1952)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Astraea purpurea Dana, 1846)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Leptastrea pruinosa Crossland, 1952)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZCOE75verycloseup) (from synonym Astraea purpurea Dana, 1846)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Astraea purpurea Dana, 1846)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (10 records) (from synonym Leptastrea pruinosa Crossland, 1952)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (109 records)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes) (from synonym Leptastrea pruinosa Crossland, 1952)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Leptastrea pruinosa Crossland, 1952)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Leptastrea roissyana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Leptastrea stellulata Verrill, 1866)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Leptastrea pruinosa Crossland, 1952)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leptastrea pruinosa) (from synonym Leptastrea pruinosa Crossland, 1952)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leptastrea purpurea)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Leptastrea pruinosa Crossland, 1952)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Astraea purpurea Dana, 1846)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Leptastrea pruinosa Crossland, 1952)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZCOE75verycloseup) (from synonym Astraea purpurea Dana, 1846)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Astraea purpurea Dana, 1846)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (10 records) (from synonym Leptastrea pruinosa Crossland, 1952)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (109 records)
To ITIS