Leptopsammia pruvoti Lacaze-Duthiers, 1897

Identifying features

• Almost always solitary but sometimes found as small groups of corallia arising from one base (pseudocolonies).
• The disk and tentacles are usually yellow, sometimes with an orange disk.
• The polyp sits in a porous calcified skeleton.
• Possesses about 96 tentacles.
• Attached to bedrock or stable boulders in crevices, caves or overhangs.
• The corallum may be from short and cylindrical to tall and inversely conical, height to 60 mm, diameter of the calyx to 17 mm.

Conservation Status

Synonyms

Leptopsammia microcardia Döderlein, 1913

International References

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