Leptastrea purpurea
creator: Vanden Berghe, Edward
creator: van der Land, Jacob
creator: Hoeksema, Bert
date: 2026-08-03
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Leptastrea purpurea (Dana, 1846)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S.; Samimi-Namin, K. (2026). World List of Scleractinia. Leptastrea purpurea (Dana, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207470 on 2026-08-03
created: 1997-01-31T17:37:49Z
modified: 2022-05-21T08:40:29Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Leptastrea purpurea (Dana, 1846)
class: Hexacorallia
family: Leptastreidae
genus: Leptastrea
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Crossland C (1952) Madreporaria, Hydrocorallinae, Heliopora and Tubipora. Scientific Report Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-29 VI(3): 85-257.
name published in: Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1849). Recherches sur les polypiers. Quatrième mémoire. Monographie des astréides(1). Tribu II. Astréens (Astreinae). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Série 3, Zoologie. 11: 233–312.
name published in: Verrill AE. (1866). Synopsis of the polyps and corals of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, under Commodore C. Ringgold and Capt. John Rodgers, U.S.N., from 1853 to 1856. Collected by Dr. Wm. Stimpson, Naturalist to the Expedition. With descriptions of some additional species from the west coast of North America. Part III. Madreporaria. Communications of the Essex Institute, Salem. 5(3): 17-50, pls. 1-2.
name published in: Dana, J.D. (1846 - 1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia. 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61).
name published in: Gardiner JS (1899) On the astraeid corals collected by the author in the South Pacific. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1899: 734-764.
name published in year: 1952
name published in year: 1849
name published in year: 1866
name published in year: 1846 - 1849
name published in year: 1899
order: Scleractinia
parent name usage ID: 204278
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: (Dana, 1846)
specific epithet: purpurea
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted