Crust coral

Leptastrea purpurea

Corals and anemones
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth0–46 m
Water temperature21–29 °C
Best monthsApril
How commonCommon

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 35 records
February: 532 records
March: 596 records
April: 1,991 records
May: 236 records
June: 23 records
July: 23 records
August: 65 records
September: 410 records
October: 380 records
November: 24 records
December: 4 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–46 m · Deepest record: 253 m

0–10 m: 875 records
10–20 m: 93 records
20–30 m: 215 records
30–40 m: 1,278 records
40–50 m: 1,654 records
50–60 m: 136 records
60–70 m: 5 records
70–80 m: 4 records
80–90 m: 1 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 21–29 °C

20–22 °C: 1 records
22–24 °C: 59 records
24–26 °C: 133 records
26–28 °C: 61 records
28–30 °C: 539 records

Names and classification

English: Crust coral, crust coral, Crust Coral

Names in 2 more languages

Japanese: トゲルリサンゴ, ルリサンゴ
Simplified Chinese: 紫柔星珊瑚

Other scientific names: Astraea (Fissicella) pulchra, Astraea (Fissicella) purpurea, Astraea pulchra, Astraea purpurea, Astrea pulchra, Astrea purpurea, Favia hawaiiensis, Leptastraea ehrenbergana, Leptastraea pruinosa, Leptastraea pulchra, Leptastraea purpurea, Leptastrea ehrenbergana, Leptastrea ehrenbergiana, Leptastrea pruinosa, Leptastrea pulchra, Leptastrea roissyana, Leptastrea stellulata, Orbicella (Leptastraea) ehrenbergiana, Orbicella ehrenbergiana, Orbicella klunzingeri, Prionastraea pulchra, Prionastraea purpurea, Prionastrea purpurea

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
4,950 open-data records from 1846 to 2023.

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