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Leptastrea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Leptastreidae

Taxonomy
Leptastrea was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-l-u R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); to Faviidae by Veron (2000) and López-Pérez (2005); and to Leptastreidae by Rowlett (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Leptastrea Milne-Edwards and Haime
2000Leptastrea Veron p. 232
2002Leptastrea Sepkoski
2005Leptastrea López-Pérez p. 83
2020Leptastrea Rowlett

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

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. Leptastrea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Leptastrea bewickensis Veron and Pichon 1977
Leptastrea bottae Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
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Invalid names: Leptastrea immersa Klunzinger 1879 [synonym]
Leptastrea hertleini Durham 1942
Leptastrea pruinosa Crossland 1952
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Invalid names: Leptastrea ehrenbergana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 [synonym]
Leptastrea transversa Klunzinger 1879
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available