Leptoseris: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Anthozoa
- Order
- Scleractinia
- Family
- Agariciidae
- Genus
- Leptoseris
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Leptoseris
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Leptoseris
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).
They have a mutualistic relationship with microalgae called Symbiodinium that gives them the flexibility of photo-acclimatization and photoadaptation to the varying depths.
...Leptoseris in languages:
- Chinese
- 柔紋珊瑚屬
- English
- Porcelain Corals
- Japanese
- センベイサンゴ属
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
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