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Leptastrea

Leptastrea is a genus of massive reef building stony corals known primarily from the Indo-Pacific. Although previously assigned to Faviidae, Budd et al. (2012) assigned it to Scleractinia incertae sedis based on phylogenetic results demonstrating the polyphyly of Faviidae. The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species:

[ "Montipora", "Coelenterata", "Pocillopora", "Favia", "Acropora" ]
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