Leptastrea purpurea
Crust Coral
(Dana, 1846)Accepted name in the World Register of Marine Species.WoRMS 207470 ↗
Photo: (c) Alie / C.A. Kratzer, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Alie / C.A. Kratzer (iNaturalist)
70
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
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First collected
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Last collected
2026
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Leptastrea purpurea, most mentions first.
2010
Marine biota information base for offshore islets in the main Hawaiian IslandsColes, S.L. & Swenson, C. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 17 pages
1997
Biodiversity of marine communities in Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii with observations on introduced exotic speciesColes, S.L., R.C. DeFelice, L.G. Eldredge, J.T. Carlton, R.L. Pyle, & A. Suzumoto · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 7 pages
2008
Assessment of species composition, diversity and biomass in marine habitats and subhaqbitats around offshore islets in the main Hawaiian IslandsColes, S.L., Giuseffi, L. & Hutchinson, M. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 5 pages
2002
Nonindigenous marine species at Waikiki and Hawaii Kai, O‘ahu, Hawai‘iColes, S.L., R.C. DeFelice & L.G. Eldredge · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 3 pages
2004
Assessment of nonindigenous species on coral reefs in the Hawaiian Islands, with emphasis on introduced invertebratesColes, S.L., L.G. Eldredge, F. Kandel, P.R. Reath & K. Longenecker · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
2002
Nonindigenous marine species in Kane‘ohe Bay, O‘ahu, Hawai‘iColes, S.L., R.C. DeFelice & L.G. Eldredge · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
1999
Nonindigenous marine species introductions in the harbors of the south and west shores of Oahu, HawaiiColes, S.L., R.C. DeFelice, & L.G. Eldredge · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
1998
Determination of baseline conditions for introduced marine species in nearshore waters of the of Kahoolawe, HawaiiColes, S.L., R.C. DeFelice, J.E. Smith, D. Muir & L.G. Eldredge · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
Where Bishop collected it
13 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
From the collection
Alive today
55 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.
2026-10-04
Keahole St + Opp Hawaii Kai Towne Center, Honolulu, HI 96825, USA
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2026-06-05
Waialua, HI, US
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2026-06-05
Waialua, HI, US
(c) hi_ocean, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-06-05
Waialua, HI, US
(c) hi_ocean, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-06-04
Waialua, HI, US
(c) hi_ocean, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-06-04
Waialua, HI, US
(c) hi_ocean, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-06-03
Waialua, HI, US
(c) hi_ocean, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-06-03
Waialua, HI, US
(c) hi_ocean, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)