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Leptastrea

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Description

Leptastrea is a genus of massive reef building stony corals known primarily from the Indo-Pacific. Although previously assigned to Faviidae, Budd et al. (2012) assigned it to Scleractinia incertae sedis based on phylogenetic results demonstrating the polyphyly of Faviidae.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptastrea, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2260091	https://www.gbif.org/species/2260091
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	6557	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=6557

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : Leptastrea

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
subclass	Zoantharia	de Blainville 1830
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900
suborder	Faviina	Vaughan and Wells 1943
superfamily	Faviicae	Gregory 1900
family	Faviidae	Gregory 1900
genus	Leptastrea	Milne-Edwards & Haime 1848

Scientific Name

Leptastrea Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848

Name Published In

Milne-Edwards, Henri & Jules Haime. 1848. Recherches sur les polypieres: Mémoire. , Fortin, Masson.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Leptastrea	genus	belongs to Faviidae	stated with evidence	Veron, 2000
Leptastrea	genus	belongs to Scleractinia	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

5 (71%)

First Recorded Appearance

56.0 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene

Environment

marine (based on Scleractinia)

Motility

stationary (based on Faviidae)

Vision

blind (based on Anthozoa)

Diet

photosymbiotic, microcarnivore (based on Faviidae)

Reproduction

alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Faviidae)

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)

ルリサンゴ

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptastrea

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Leptastrea aequalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptastrea bewickensis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	16.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Leptastrea bottae species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Leptastrea hertleini ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	56.0 Ma Paleocene	48.6 Ma Eocene
Leptastrea inaequalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptastrea pruinosa species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Leptastrea purpurea species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		35	37.2 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Leptastrea transversa species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		33	23.0 Ma Miocene	0.01 Ma Pleistocene

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Bathyastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : *Bathyastrea*
Baryastrea Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : *Baryastrea*
Baryastraea Carus, 1863	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : *Baryastraea*
Leptastraea Haime & Milne-Edwards, 1857	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : *Leptastraea*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1848	Leptastrea Milne-Edwards and Haime
2000	Leptastrea Veron p. 232
2002	Leptastrea Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Veron J.E.N. (2000) , Corals of the World

Wells, John W., 1986: null. A List of Scleractinian generic and subgeneric taxa, 1758-1985, (special issue). 69. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

C. R. Acad. Sci. (Paris), 27 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Cairns, S.D.; Gershwin, L.; Brook, F.J.; Pugh, P.; Dawson, E.W.; Ocaña O.V.; Vervoort, W.; Williams, G.; Watson, J.E.; Opresko, D.M.; Schuchert, P.; Hine, P.M.; Gordon, D.P.; Campbell, H.J.; Wright, A.J.; Sánchez, J.A.; Fautin, D.G. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 59-101. - via World Register of Marine Species

Milne Edwards H, Haime J (1849) Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 4. Monographie des Astréides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3, 12: 95-197. - via World Register of Marine Species

Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. - via World Register of Marine Species

Veron, J. E. N. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. Angus & Robertson Publishers. - via World Register of Marine Species

Veron, J. E. N. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia. - via World Register of Marine Species

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!

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