''Leptopsammia'' is a

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of stony cup corals in the

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Dendrophylliidae Dendrophylliidae is a family of stony corals. Most (but not all) members are azooxanthellate and thus have to capture food with their tentacles instead of relying on photosynthesis to produce their food. The World Register of Marine Species incl ...

. Members of this genus are found at depths down to about . They are azooxanthellate, meaning that they do not contain

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algae as do many species of coral.

Species

The following

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are listed in the

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(WoRMS): *''

Leptopsammia britannica ''Leptopsammia'' is a genus of stony cup corals in the family Dendrophylliidae. Members of this genus are found at depths down to about . They are azooxanthellate, meaning that they do not contain symbiotic photosynthetic algae as do many specie ...

'' (Duncan, 1870) *'' Leptopsammia chevalieri'' Zibrowius, 1980 *'' Leptopsammia columna'' Folkeson, 1919 *'' Leptopsammia crassa'' van der Horst, 1922 *'' Leptopsammia formosa'' (Gravier, 1915) *''

Leptopsammia poculum ''Leptopsammia'' is a genus of stony cup corals in the family Dendrophylliidae. Members of this genus are found at depths down to about . They are azooxanthellate, meaning that they do not contain symbiotic photosynthetic algae as do many specie ...

'' (Alcock, 1902) *''

Leptopsammia pruvoti ''Leptopsammia pruvoti'', the sunset cup coral, is a solitary stony coral in the family Dendrophylliidae. It is an azooxanthellate species, meaning its tissues do not contain the symbiotic unicellular algae (zooxanthellae) of the genus ''Symbiodi ...

'' Lacaze-Duthiers, 1897 *''

Leptopsammia queenslandiae ''Leptopsammia'' is a genus of stony cup corals in the family Dendrophylliidae. Members of this genus are found at depths down to about . They are azooxanthellate, meaning that they do not contain symbiotic photosynthetic algae as do many specie ...

'' Wells, 1964 *''

Leptopsammia stokesiana ''Leptopsammia'' is a genus of stony cup corals in the family Dendrophylliidae. Members of this genus are found at depths down to about . They are azooxanthellate, meaning that they do not contain symbiotic photosynthetic algae as do many specie ...

'' Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 *''

Leptopsammia trinitatis ''Leptopsammia'' is a genus of stony cup corals in the family Dendrophylliidae. Members of this genus are found at depths down to about . They are azooxanthellate, meaning that they do not contain symbiotic photosynthetic algae as do many specie ...

'' Hubbard & Wells, 1987

References

Dendrophylliidae Scleractinia genera {{scleractinia-stub