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Leptoseris
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Species
leaf coral
Genus
- PhylumCnidaria
- ClassHexacorallia
- OrderScleractinia
- FamilyAgariciidae
Habitatmarine
Observations402
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 812
- With media
- 32
- Family
- Agariciidae
- Collections
- NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Indonesia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Agariciidae
- Image
- Leptoseris yabei, in situ.jpg
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- Leptoseris
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Leptoseris is a genus of corals belonging to the family Agariciidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution. Leptoseris corals are found all over tropical waters in the Indo-Pacific ocean and over a range of depths but mainly the mesophotic zones. Leptoseris can be observed at depths ranging from shallow to extreme depths (over 100m).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Leptoseris” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.