Similar Species: Leptoria irregularis, which has larger valleys which are straight at the colony margins, is distinctively coloured and has columellae which are not plate-like. Habitat: Occurs in most reef environments except where the water is turbid. Abundance: Common, especially on upper reef slopes

Leptoria phrygia Colonies have even surfaces with uniform valleys forming characteristically sinuous patterns. Great Barrier Reef, Australia Photograph: Charlie Veron. Leptoria phrygia …

Leptoria is a genus of stony corals in the family Merulinidae. Members of this genus are known as brain corals or closed brain corals . They are native to the Indo-Pacific region and their ranges extend from the Red Sea through the Indian Ocean as …

Forms irregularly humped, massive colonies with meandering surface pattern of corallites very similar to Platygyra and Oulophyllia but with more pronounced ribs on the walls. Colour: walls of corallites are brown with green or cream valleys. Habitat: in lagoons and on clear water reef slopes. (Richmond, 1997) Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025).

Leptoria phrygia, commonly known as Stony Coral, is a captivating species of coral that thrives in the warm, clear waters of the Indo-Pacific region. It is a prominent member of the coral reef ecosystem, contributing to the structural complexity and biodiversity of these vital marine habitats.

Valleys are particularly long, often winding but with extensive straight sections. Valleys are usually narrower than those of the meandroid Platygyra species. Its columella is a laminar ribbon, or is …

2020年5月8日 · In this study we reciprocally transplanted five Leptoria phrygia colonies between two sites with significantly different temperature regimes and monitored them for 12 months.

2021年9月6日 · Common on shallow reefs in clear water. Massive with rounded contours, grooved by shallow sinuous valleys of uniform size. Color variable, tan, brown, gray or green with valleys of different color. Red Sea to French Polynesia, excluding Hawaii.

Leptoria phrygia (Ellis & Solander, 1786) in GBIF Secretariat (2023). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-11-04. …

KEY FEATURES: A hemispherical brain-coral. Walls formed by septa of neighbouring deep valleys are a constant width. Septal distance constant.