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Leptoria Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 
AphiaID: 204155

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Merulinidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Merulinidae Verrill, 1865
Source  basis of record: Veron, J.E.N. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. Angus & Robertson Publishers, London. [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English brain coral  [details]
Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Leptoria gracilis (Dana)
Species Leptoria irregularis Veron, 1990
Species Leptoria phrygia (Ellis & Solander, 1786)

Species Leptoria tenuis Dana, 1846 accepted as Leptoria phrygia (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Links To GenBank
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Note  Remark: Type species: Madrepora phrygia Ellis & Solander, 1786 (Veron, 1986). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204155
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-02-03 14:17:27Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-07-18 15:57:33Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2013-02-06 17:41:18Z  changed  Hoeksema, Bert
  
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  Citation: Hoeksema, B. (2013). Leptoria Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204155 on 2013-05-26
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