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Leptoseris yabei

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae

Taxonomy
Pavona yabei was named by Pillai and Scheer (1976). It is extant.

It was recombined as Leptoseris yabei by Sheppard (1987).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Pavona yabei Pillai and Scheer
1987Leptoseris yabei Sheppard

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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
speciesyabei(Pillai and Scheer 1976)

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.

Leptoseris yabei Pillai and Scheer 1976
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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 Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781New Zealand (Kermadec Islands) Leptoseris yabei (85098)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Japan Leptoseris yabei (81582)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) Leptoseris yabei (62794)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan Leptoseris yabei (88039 88044 88047 88051)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Pavona yabei (80963)