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Leptoseris

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae

Taxonomy
Leptoseris was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1849) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Veron and Kelly (1988), Sepkoski (2002); and to Agariciidae by Wells (1956), López-Pérez (2005).

Synonyms
  • Agariciella was named by Edwards and Haime (1849).

    It was synonymized subjectively with Leptoseris by Wells (1956).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Agariciella Edwards and Haime
1849Leptoseris Milne-Edwards and Haime
1956Leptoseris Wells
1988Leptoceris Veron and Kelly
2002Leptoseris Sepkoski
2005Leptoseris López-Pérez p. 81

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyAgariciicaeGray 1847
familyAgariciidaeGray 1847
genusLeptoserisMilne-Edwards and Haime 1849

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.

G. Leptoseris Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
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†Leptoseris alternans Gerth 1923
†Leptoseris anguillensis Vaughan 1919
Leptoseris cucullata Ellis and Solander 1786
†Leptoseris dinarica Oppenheim 1901
Leptoseris explanata Yabe and Sugiyama 1941
†Leptoseris floriformis Gerth 1923
Leptoseris gardineri van der Horst 1921
Leptoseris glabra Dinesen 1980
†Leptoseris irregularis Schuster 2002
†Leptoseris lauensis Bromfield 2013
†Leptoseris phylloides Felix 1921
†Leptoseris portoricensis Vaughan 1919
†Leptoseris santaciliaensis Altuna et al. 2007
Leptoseris scabra Vaughan 1907
Leptoseris solida Quelch 1886
†Leptoseris speciosa Felix 1921
†Leptoseris walli Vaughan 1926
Leptoseris yabei Pillai and Scheer 1976
Invalid names: Agariciella 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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Holocene or 48.07000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.03 Ma

Collections (149 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Italy Cyathoseris dinarica (75454)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Spain (Aragón) L. santaciliaensis (78659)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Hungary Cyathoseris dinarica (123836 123837 123846 123904)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Romania L. sp. (220526)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Jamaica L. sp. C, L. portoricensis (69724)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Greece L. dinarica (79603)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Venezuela L. sp. (85345)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333Iran L. alternans, L. irregularis (241378)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Mexico (Chiapas) L. portoricensis (31271)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Malta L. walli (239833 239885 239887 239889 239940 239958 239959 239962 240361 240370)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Puerto Rico L. portoricensis (124635)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Iran L. alternans, L. irregularis (41075)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Antigua and Barbuda L. sp. C (203879)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua) L. portoricensis (203918) L. sp. C (203919)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Puerto Rico L. sp. (45402 45403 45404)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Jamaica L. sp. C, L. sp. D, L. portoricensis, L. anguillensis, L. walli (69725)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98New Zealand (North Auckland) L. sp. (35734 35735)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Panama L. anguillensis, L. walli (60261 60262 60264) L. walli (60267)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98Iran L. sp. (79647)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Indonesia (Java) L. sibolongensis (62860)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Indonesia L. alternans, L. speciosa (109009) L. hawaiiensis (86769) L. sp. (109041) L. speciosa (109012)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Northern Mariana Islands L. floriformis (43371)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Indonesia L. alternans (109043) L. floriformis, Cyathoseris phylloides (108810) L. phylloides (109170)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Marshall Islands Leptoceris floriformis (45376)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Colombia L. sp. (73794) L. sp., Helioseris cucullata (73800)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Malaysia (Borneo) Leptoceris phylloides (45351)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58South Pacific L. sp. (194395)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Iran (Kerman) L. delicatissima (87114)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Indonesia (Java) L. sibolongensis (34721)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Fiji L. n. sp. A, L. lauensis (124829) L. sp. A, L. sp. B (124828)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Iran L. densicostata, L. delicatissima, L. floriformis (25257) L. sp. (25256 25258)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.45 - 11.63Trinidad and Tobago L. gardineri (27591) L. walli (27586)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.45 - 11.63Anguilla L. anguillensis (22971 22972)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Austria L. sp. (146231)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Indonesia (Kalimantan) L. sp. (28202)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Bahamas L. glabra (73641)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia (East Kalimantan) L. speciosa (110020)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Haiti L. sp. (60094)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.63 - 2.58Indonesia L. papyracea (109487)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Bahamas L. gardineri (73645) L. gardineri, L. glabra (73642)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Indonesia (South Sulawesi) L. sp. C (124781)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) L. hawaiiensis (45343)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Costa Rica Helioseris cucullata (71374 71384 71385 71386 71387 71394 71398)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Papua New Guinea Leptoceris mycetoseroides (42736)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia L. gardineri (108775) L. sp. (71079 108773) L. tenuis, L. gardineri (108772)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58French Polynesia L. sp., L. hawaiiensis (84951)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA Minor Outlying Islands L. incrustans (109624)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Bahamas L. glabra (73648 73659)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Costa Rica Helioseris cucullata (71422 71722 71723 71725 71740 71765 71777 71778 71779 73617 73623)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Hawaii) L. hawaiiensis (105531)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Indonesia L. sp. (42739)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774New Zealand (Kermadec Islands) L. yabei (85098)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Panama Helioseris cucullata (73627 73630 120197 120201 120202) L. glabra (120218)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Jamaica Helioseris cucullata (34542)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Japan L. hawaiiensis, L. yabei, L. papyracea (81582) L. sp. (87980 87981)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia L. sp. (198585)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Hawaii) L. sp., L. hawaiiensis (105528)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129French Polynesia (Tahiti) L. sp. (127254)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) L. hawaiiensis (62790) L. sp., L. scabra (62773) L. yabei (62794)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan L. sp., L. explanata, L. amitoriensis, L. yabei (88039) L. sp., L. solida (88041) L. yabei (88044 88047 88051)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Maldives L. sp. (83646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan L. mycetoseroides (88595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) L. cucullata (103526)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Pakistan L. mycetoseroides (192910)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) L. sp. (88576 103047)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Pavona yabei (80963)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Eritrea L. floriformis (93827)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Vanuatu (Efaté) L. sp. (109169)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) L. sp. (89415 105526)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117French Polynesia L. solida (104934) L. sp. (127270) L. sp., L. solida (104935)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Egypt (Sinai) L. sp. (109218 109226)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Helioseris cucullata (85457)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Okinawa) L. mycetoseroides (62788)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Caledonia L. scabra (90042)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Panama Agariciella planulata (97521)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Chiba) L. mycetoseroides (97528)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Dominican Republic Helioseris cucullata (97552 97553 97554 97555)