Sunset cup coral  (Leptopsammia pruvoti)

Learn about the scientific name of this species and how it fits into the tree of life at Nature Navigator.

Biology

Little is known of the biology of this coral. Limited monitoring of populations at Lundy and the Isles of Scilly suggests that settlement of new corals does not occur every year. This is possibly determined by long-term cycles in factors such as water temperature; settlement only occurring in warmer years (4).

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