Leptastrea pruinosa Crossland, 1952

Samiei, Jahangir Vajed, Dab, Koosha, Ghezellou, Parviz & Shirvani, Arash, 2013, Some scleractinian corals (Scleractinia: Anthozoa) of Larak Island, Persian Gulf, Zootaxa 3636 (1), pp. 101-143 : 132

Leptastrea pruinosa Crossland, 1952

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Material: ZUTC Cnid. 1026, colony fragment, Larak Island, 26° 53' 14.4" N, 56° 23' 43.4" E, Coll. J. Vajed Samiei, November 2010.

Identification guide: Veron (2000)

Notes for local identification: Colonies are encrusting, light brown with creamy brown tentacles which are mostly extended during the day. Corallites are smaller than two other congeneric species (less than 4 mm).

Abundance: uncommon.

Depth of occurrence: About 3 m.

Figures

FIGURE 31. Leptastrea pruinosa, a, exoskeleton; b & d, close up of corallites; c & e – f, underwater photographs of different colonies.