Leptastrea pruinosa Crossland, 1952

Samiei, Jahangir Vajed, Dab, Koosha, Ghezellou, Parviz & Shirvani, Arash, 2013, Some scleractinian corals (Scleractinia: Anthozoa) of Larak Island, Persian Gulf, Zootaxa 3636 (1), pp. 101-143 : 132

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3636.1.5

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6155568

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scientific name

Leptastrea pruinosa Crossland, 1952
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Leptastrea pruinosa Crossland, 1952

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Material: ZUTC Cnid. 1026, colony fragment, Larak Island, 26° 53' 14.4" N, 56° 23' 43.4" E, Coll. J. Vajed Samiei, November 2010.

Identification guide: Veron (2000)

Notes for local identification: Colonies are encrusting, light brown with creamy brown tentacles which are mostly extended during the day. Corallites are smaller than two other congeneric species (less than 4 mm).

Abundance: uncommon.

Depth of occurrence: About 3 m.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Cnidaria

Class

Anthozoa

Order

Scleractinia

Family

Faviidae

Genus

Leptastrea

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