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Leptastrea purpurea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Leptastreidae

Taxonomy
Astrea purpurea was named by Dana (1846). It is extant.

It was recombined as Leptastrea purpurea by Vaughan (1918).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Astrea purpurea Dana
1849Leptastrea ehrenbergana Milne-Edwards and Haime
1918Leptastrea purpurea Vaughan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyLeptastreidaeRowlett 2020
genusLeptastreaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciespurpurea(Dana 1846)

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.

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Invalid names: Leptastrea ehrenbergana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 37.71000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Indonesia Leptastrea purpurea (71057)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Fiji Leptastrea purpurea (124829)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) Leptastrea purpurea (45343 45344)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Indonesia (Paupa) Leptastrea purpurea (62798)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Leptastrea purpurea (80954)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Indonesia Leptastrea purpurea (45335)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Hawaii) Leptastrea purpurea (105531)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Indonesia Leptastrea purpurea (42739)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Indonesia (South Sulawesi) Leptastrea purpurea (124787 124789 124790 124792)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) Leptastrea purpurea (22975)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Japan Leptastrea purpurea (63137 63138)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) Leptastrea purpurea (62783)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117New Caledonia Leptastrea purpurea (109502)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Papua New Guinea Leptastrea purpurea (103254 103265 103269)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Leptastrea purpurea (97666)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Caledonia Leptastrea ehrenbergana (90042 90043 90050 90056) Leptastrea purpurea (90044)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Leptastrea purpurea (80955 80958 80962 80963 201414)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan Leptastrea purpurea (96956)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Chiba) Leptastrea purpurea (97528)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Guam Leptastrea purpurea (97445)