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Leptoseris mycetoseroides

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae

Taxonomy
Leptoseris mycetoseroides was named by Wells (1954). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Leptoseris mycetoseroides Wells

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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
speciesmycetoseroidesWells 1954

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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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 Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Pakistan Leptoseris mycetoseroides (192910)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Okinawa) Leptoseris mycetoseroides (62788)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Leptoseris mycetoseroides (88595)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Chiba) Leptoseris mycetoseroides (97528)