†Leptastrea transversa Klunzinger 1879 (stony coral)
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Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Leptastreidae
Belongs to Leptastrea according to Klunzinger 1879
Sister taxa: Leptastrea bewickensis, Leptastrea bottae, Leptastrea hertleini, Leptastrea pruinosa, Leptastrea purpurea
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Egypt (1 collection), French Polynesia (3), Guam (2), India (2), Indonesia (2), Iran (1), Japan (1), New Caledonia (1), New Zealand (10), Pakistan (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Indonesia (1)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (2), Papua New Guinea (1)
• Miocene of Fiji (1), New Zealand (4)
Total: 33 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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