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Leptopsammia
Sign in to saveLeptopsammia is a genus of stony cup corals in the family Dendrophylliidae. Members of this genus are found at depths down to about . They are azooxanthellate, meaning that they do not contain symbiotic photosynthetic algae as do many species of coral.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumCnidaria
- ClassAnthozoa
- OrderScleractinia
- FamilyDendrophylliidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 13
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Dendrophylliidae
- Collections
- USNM, NHMUK, SAMA
- Recorded in
- Philippines, Venezuela, Trinidad And Tobago, Japan, Somalia, American Samoa, Indonesia, France
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- Parent taxon
- Dendrophylliidae
- Image
- Leptosammia pruvoti de Lacaze-Duthiers, 1897 2.jpg
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Leptopsammia is a genus of stony cup corals in the family Dendrophylliidae. Members of this genus are found at depths down to about . They are azooxanthellate, meaning that they do not contain symbiotic photosynthetic algae as do many species of coral.
==Species== The following species are listed in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS): Leptopsammia britannica (Duncan, 1870) Leptopsammia chevalieri Zibrowius, 1980 Leptopsammia columna Folkeson, 1919 Leptopsammia crassa van der Horst, 1922 Leptopsammia formosa (Gravier, 1915) Leptopsammia poculum (Alcock, 1902) Leptopsammia pruvoti Lacaze-Duthiers, 1897 Leptopsammia queenslandiae Wells, 1964 Leptopsammia stokesiana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 Leptopsammia trinitatis Hubbard & Wells, 1987
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