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Leptoria
Description | Leptoria is a genus of stony corals in the family Merulinidae. Members of this genus are known as brain corals or closed brain corals. They are native to the Indo-Pacific region and their ranges extend from the Red Sea through the Indian Ocean as far as Japan and the South Central Pacific Ocean. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptoria, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source Data |
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Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Leptoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Leptoria Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Milne Edwards H., Haime J. (1848). Note sur la classification de la deuxième tribu de la famille des Astréides. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris. 27: 490–497. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 2 (11%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 72.1 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Scleractinia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Faviina) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | photosymbiotic, suspension feeder (based on Faviina) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reproduction | alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Faviina) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common Name(s) | Brain Coral, ナガレサンゴ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptoria |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Dendrogyra italica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Leptoria angigyra ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | |
Leptoria bithecata species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | 28.1 Ma Oligocene | |
Leptoria cantharelloides species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Leptoria concentrica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Leptoria cristata species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 47.8 Ma Eocene | 47.8 Ma Eocene | |
Leptoria hayae ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 13.8 Ma Miocene | 13.8 Ma Miocene | |
Leptoria hydnophoroidea species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Leptoria irregularis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Leptoria italica species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 47.8 Ma Eocene | 47.8 Ma Eocene | |
Leptoria laxa species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 38.0 Ma Eocene | |
Leptoria netchensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Leptoria patellaris ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Leptoria pauca species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 38.0 Ma Eocene | |
Leptoria paucisepta species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 20.4 Ma Miocene | |
Leptoria pennata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 5.33 Ma Miocene | 5.33 Ma Miocene | |
Leptoria phrygia species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 78 | 5.33 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Leptoria profunda species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Leptoria reticulata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | |
Leptoria selenkae ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 5.33 Ma Miocene | 5.33 Ma Miocene | |
Leptoria senessei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Leptoria setchelli species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Leptoria spenceri ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | 23.0 Ma Miocene | |
Leptoria traba ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 16.0 Ma Miocene | 16.0 Ma Miocene | |
Meandrina angigyra species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Meandrina reticulata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Dictuophyllia Blainville, 1830 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Dictuophyllia |
Dictyophyllia Fischer de Waldheim, 1843 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Dictyophyllia |
Anisoria Vidal, 1917 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Anisoria |
Dyctophyllia M'Coy & Pictet, 1857 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Dyctophyllia |
Cycloria Reuss, 1854 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Cycloria |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1848 | Leptoria Milne-Edwards and Haime |
2000 | Leptoria Veron p. 202 |
2002 | Leptoria Sepkoski, Jr. |
2014 | Leptoria Huang et al. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!