Porcelain Corals
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).
16 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Slender Lettuce Coral
speciesLeptoseris mycetoseroides
Leptoseris explanata
speciesLeptoseris explanata
Leptoseris incrustans
speciesLeptoseris incrustans
Leptoseris tubulifera
speciesLeptoseris tubulifera
Leptoseris yabei
speciesLeptoseris yabei
Leptoseris scabra
speciesLeptoseris scabra
Papyrus Coral
speciesLeptoseris papyracea
Leptoseris gardineri
speciesLeptoseris gardineri
Leptoseris hawaiiensis
speciesLeptoseris hawaiiensis
Leptoseris solida
speciesLeptoseris solida
Leptoseris foliosa
speciesLeptoseris foliosa
Leptoseris glabra
speciesLeptoseris glabra
Leptoseris striata
speciesLeptoseris striata
Leptoseris fragilis
speciesLeptoseris fragilis
Leptoseris amitoriensis
speciesLeptoseris amitoriensis
Lacy Lettuce Coral
speciesLeptoseris cailleti
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 89469.