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Porites leptoclada

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae

Taxonomy

Porites leptoclada was named by Reuss (1871). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Goniopora leptoclada by Hegedus (1959).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. australiae, P. australiaensis, P. baracoaensis, P. barracoaensis, P. capricornis, P. collegniana, P. collegniana, P. colligniana, P. deshayesana, P. farquharsoni, P. indica, P. irregularis, P. linchen, P. maldivium, P. matanzaensis, P. microscopica, P. obiensis, P. parisiorum, P. pellegrinii, P. regularis, P. sinensis, P. stephensoni, P. strata, P. tongaensis, P. turonensis, P. waterloti, P. nummuliticus, P. delicatissima, P. polymorpha

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1871	Porites leptoclada Reuss
1959	Goniopora leptoclada Hegedus
2008	Porites leptoclada Rus and Popa

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
—	Hexacorallia	()
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900

Rank	Name	Author
suborder	Fungiina	Verrill 1865
superfamily	Poriticae	Gray 1842
family	Poritidae
genus	Porites	Link 1807
species	leptoclada	Reuss 1871

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Porites leptoclada Reuss 1871

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitef

Grouping:

colonialf

Clonal:

yesf

Environment:

marinef

Locomotion:

stationaryf

Attached:

yesf

Life habit:

intermediate-level epifaunalo

Diet:

photosymbioticf

Diet 2:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindc

Reproduction:

alternatingo

Asexual:

yeso

Dispersal:

watero

Dispersal 2:

planktonico

Created:

2008-02-04 11:33:30

Modified:

2008-02-04 13:33:30

Source: f = family, o = order, c = class

Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Messinian or 27.30000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (16 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Hungary	Goniopora leptoclada (124418)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.04 - 15.98	Somalia	Porites leptoclada (78900 79081)
Burdigalian	20.45 - 15.98	Egypt	Porites leptoclada (124239)
Burdigalian	20.45 - 15.98	France	Porites leptoclada (163838)
Burdigalian - Langhian	20.45 - 13.82	Spain	Porites leptoclada (70413)
Langhian	15.98 - 13.82	Poland	Porites leptoclada (38819)
Langhian - Serravallian	15.98 - 11.63	Germany (Bayern)	Porites leptoclada (123151 123166)
Middle Miocene	15.98 - 11.63	Somalia	Porites leptoclada (79082 123802 123803)
Badenian	13.82 - 12.8	Romania	Porites leptoclada (123125)
Badenian	13.82 - 12.8	Poland	Porites leptoclada (123733)
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	Morocco	Porites leptoclada (161391)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Italy	Porites leptoclada (69923)