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Leptastrea transversa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Leptastreidae

Taxonomy
Leptastrea transversa was named by Klunzinger (1879).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Leptastrea transversa Klunzinger

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyLeptastreidaeRowlett 2020
genusLeptastreaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciestransversaKlunzinger 1879

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.

Leptastrea transversa Klunzinger 1879
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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 Aquitanian to the top of the Holocene or 23.03000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44New Zealand Leptastrea transversa (146343)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Fiji Leptastrea transversa (124829)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (Auckland) Leptastrea transversa (85526 85530 85536)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Leptastrea transversa (71079)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Papua New Guinea Leptastrea transversa (42736)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Indonesia (Paupa) Leptastrea transversa (62798)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia Leptastrea transversa (45339)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Indonesia (South Sulawesi) Leptastrea transversa (124787)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781New Zealand (Kermadec Islands) Leptastrea transversa (85086 85088 85089 85090 85091 85093 85094 85095 85098)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Indonesia Leptastrea transversa (104656)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774New Zealand (Kermadec Islands) Leptastrea transversa (85087)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Egypt Leptastrea transversa (120213)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117India (Gujarat) Leptastrea transversa (80600)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Caledonia Leptastrea transversa (90052)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117India (Kerala) Leptastrea transversa (107971)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117French Polynesia Leptastrea transversa (104933 104936 104937)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Pakistan Leptastrea transversa (192911)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Guam Leptastrea transversa (97444 97445)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Iran Leptastrea transversa (165791)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan Leptastrea transversa (96956)