Sunset cup coral
Leptopsammia pruvoti
Category: Hard Corals
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Hexacorallia
- Order
- Scleractinia
- Family
- Dendrophylliidae
- Genus
- Leptopsammia
Where to Find
Found in 16 diving areas across 9 countries and 1 regions.
- Dubrovnik & South Coast, Croatia - 3 records
- Kornati Islands, Croatia - 20 records
- Split & Central Dalmatia, Croatia - 3 records
- Corsica, France - 165 records
- Marseille & Calanques, France - 1 records
- Halkidiki, Greece - 49 records
- Naples & Campania, Italy - 9 records
- Portofino & Liguria, Italy - 438 records
- Sardinia, Italy - 161 records
- Ustica, Italy - 14 records
- Gozo, Malta - 7 records
- Malta Island, Malta - 5 records
- Al Hoceima, Morocco - 1 records
- Cabo de Palos, Spain - 7 records
- Tabarka, Tunisia - 3 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 59 records