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Ocellated Brain Coral

Cyphastrea ocellina

Classification

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.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 32