Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Alternative combinations: Madrepora phrygia, Platygyra phrygia
Synonyms: Leptoria gracilis Dana 1846, Leptoria tenuis Dana 1846, Maeandrina tenuis Dana 1846, Meandrina gracilis Dana 1846, Platygyra gracilis Dana 1846, Platygyra tenuis Dana 1846
Belongs to Leptoria according to Gerth 1931
See also Chevalier 1968, Inskipp et al. 2005, Kiessling 2009, Veron et al. 1977 and Yabe and Sugiyama 1937
Sister taxa: Leptoria angigyra, Leptoria bithecata, Leptoria cantharelloides, Leptoria cristata, Leptoria hayae, Leptoria italica, Leptoria laxa, Leptoria netchensis, Leptoria patellaris, Leptoria pauca, Leptoria paucisepta, Leptoria pennata, Leptoria reticulata, Leptoria selenkae, Leptoria spenceri, Leptoria traba
Type specimens:
- Leptoria phrygia: 1
- Leptoria gracilis:
- Leptoria tenuis:
- Platygyra tenuis:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (2 collections), Djibouti (1), Egypt (1), French Polynesia (4), Guam (2), India (1), Indonesia (2), Iran (1), Japan (8), Jordan (1), Kenya (1), Mauritius (2), New Caledonia (8), New Zealand (2), Papua New Guinea (10), Pitcairn (2), Saudi Arabia (3), the Seychelles (1), Taiwan (2), Vanuatu (7)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Indonesia (2), the Philippines (1), Saudi Arabia (1)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (4), Japan (3), Malaysia (1), Papua New Guinea (1), Taiwan (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Christmas Island (3)
Total: 78 collections including 81 occurrences
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