Leptastrea

{{Short description|Genus of corals}}

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{{Taxobox

| name = Leptastrea

| image = Leptastrea bewickensis.jpg

| image_caption = Leptastrea bewickensis

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Cnidaria

| classis = Anthozoa

| subclassis = Hexacorallia

| ordo = Scleractinia

| familia = Leptastreidae

| genus = Leptastrea

| genus_authority = Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = {{center|See text}}

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Leptastrea is a genus of massive reef building stony corals known primarily from the Indo-Pacific. Although previously assigned to Faviidae, Budd et al. (2012) assigned it to Scleractinia incertae sedis based on phylogenetic results demonstrating the polyphyly of Faviidae.Budd, Ann F.; Fukami, Hironobu; Smith, Nathan D.; Knowlton, Nancy (2012). "Taxonomic classification of the reef coral family Mussidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 166 (3): 465–529. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00855.x. Assigned to family Leptastreidae by Rowlett (2020).Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2023). World List of Scleractinia. Leptastreidae Rowlett, 2020. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1464209 on 2023-05-02.