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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	11 305910 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Leptastrea spp.
Rank:	Genus

CAAB category: 11 - Cnidaria Jellyfish, sea anemones, corals and allies Family: 11 305 Merulinidae (hard corals) - show full list Common Name: [a stony coral] Organism Type: a stony coral Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 11 305000     Merulinidae Child Codes: 11 305063     Leptastrea aequalis 11 305064     Leptastrea bewickensis 11 305065     Leptastrea bottae 11 305066     Leptastrea inaequalis 11 305067     Leptastrea pruinosa 11 305068     Leptastrea purpurea 11 305069     Leptastrea transversa 99 110162     Leptastrea sp. (Hard coral 79)

Taxon Notes:	This genus is regarded as incertae sedis by Budd et al, 2012. We have retained it in this family pending a detailed revision.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:74e5e05a-8d9f-47da-80ae-633cf18047c5 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

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Budd, A.F., Fukami, H., Smith, N.D., Knowlton, N., 2012. Taxonomic classification of the reef coral family Mussidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia)., Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Vol. 166(3): 465-529.