WoRMS taxon details

Leptoseris mycetoseroides Wells, 1954

207283  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207283)

accepted
Species
Agaricia minikoiensis (Gardiner, 1905) · unaccepted > misapplication
Pavona minikoiensis (Gardiner, 1905) · unaccepted > misapplication
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Wells JW. (1954). Bikini and nearby atols: 2. Oceanography (biologic). Recent corals of the Marshall Islands. <em>Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 260-1: 385-486, pls. 94-185. [details]   
Holotype  USNM 44805, geounit Marshall Islands...  
Holotype USNM 44805, geounit Marshall Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Note Marshall Islands (Veron, 1986)  
From other sources
Type locality Marshall Islands (Veron, 1986) [details]
Description This is an encrusting species when small, though it can develop brackets or leaves which reach 50 cm across. Its surface is...  
Description This is an encrusting species when small, though it can develop brackets or leaves which reach 50 cm across. Its surface is convoluted due to well developed collines, rather in the manner of Pachyseris rugosa. Septo-costae are equal. This is widespread and possibly the commonest species in this genus in the Indian Ocean, and occupies the greatest range of habitats in the genus. As well as occurring in typical Leptoseris habitats, it is found on fairly sedimented back reef slope. (Sheppard, 1998 <308>)

Colonies are encrusting or laminar with a surface of small irregular folds. Corallites are crowded between the folds except towards the periphery where they are aligned in rows parallel to the margins. They are outwardly inclined. Septo-costae are fine and even. Colour: mottled brown and green, usually dark colours if in shade. Abundance: sometimes common on reef slopes protected from wave action especially on steeply sloping or vertical walls, where they frequently exceed1 m in diameter. (Veron, 1986 <57>) [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Leptoseris mycetoseroides Wells, 1954. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207283 on 2024-03-19
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1996-10-25 16:53:40Z
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2000-07-18 15:57:33Z
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2008-01-16 10:35:54Z
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2014-03-15 10:57:36Z
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original description Wells JW. (1954). Bikini and nearby atols: 2. Oceanography (biologic). Recent corals of the Marshall Islands. <em>Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 260-1: 385-486, pls. 94-185. [details]   

context source (HKRMS) AFCD. (2004). Ecological Status and Revised Species Records of Hong Kong's Scleractinian Corals. Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department,The Hong Kong SAR Government. [details]   

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS[details]   

basis of record Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em>  [details]   

additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
page(s): 18 [details]   

additional source Randall RH. (2003). An annotated checklist of hydrozoan and scleractinian corals collected from Guam and other Mariana Islands. <em>Micronesica.</em> 35-36: 121-137.
page(s): 130 [details]   

additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Veron JEN, Pichon M. (1980). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part III. Family Agariciidae, Siderastreidae, Fungiidae, Oculinidae, Merulinidae, Mussidae, Pectinidae, Caryophyllidae, Dendrophylliidae. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series.</em> 4: 1-459. [details]   

additional source Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em>  [details]   

additional source Pichon, M.; Benzoni, F. (2007). Taxonomic re-appraisal of zooxanthellate Scleractinian Corals in the Maldive Archipelago. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1441: 21–33.
page(s): 29 [details]   

additional source Kitahara, M.V., J. Stolarski, S.D. Cairns, F. Benzoni, J.L. Stake & D.J. Miller. (2012). The first modern solitary Agariciidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia) revealed by molecular and microstructural analysis. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 26 (3): 303-315., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/is11053
page(s): 313 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Veron JEN, Marsh LM. (1988). Hermatypic corals of Western Australia : records and annotated species list. <em>Records Western Australian Museum Supplement.</em> 29: 1-136., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.60555
page(s): 30, 79 [details]   

additional source Fenner, D. P. (2005). Corals of Hawai'i. A Field Guide to the Hard, Black, and Soft Corals of Hawai'i and the Northwest Hawaiian Islands, Including Midway. <em>Mutual Publishing, Ltd., Honolulu.</em> 144 pp.
page(s): 25, 64 [details]   

additional source Randall RH, Myers RF. (1983). The corals. Guide to the Coastal Resources of Guam: Vol. 2. <em>University of Guam Press, Guam, pp. 128.</em>  [details]   

additional source Choi E, Song J-I. (2015). New records of two genera Leptoseris and Phyllangia (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: Scleractinia) from Korea. <em>Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity.</em> 31(3): 146-152. [details]   

additional source Veron, J. E. N. (2000). Corals of the World, Volume II: Families Astrocoeniidae, Pocilloporidae, Euphyllidae, Oculinidae, Meandrinidae, Siderastreidae, Agariciidae, Fungiidae, Rhizangiidae, Pectiniidae, Merulinidae, Dendrophylliidae, Caryophylliidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville., volume 2, pp. 429.
page(s): 213 [details]   

additional source Maragos, J. E.; Molina, M.; Kenyon, J. (2004). Palmyra Atoll coral data compiled from Townsend Cromwell 2000-2002, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 2000-2001, and Sette 2004 surveys [Table 8]. UNPUBLISHED, UNPUBLISHED [details]   

additional source Maragos, J. E.; Schmerfeld, J. (2004). Coral survey from Howland Island National Wildlife Refuge, 1998-2004 [Table 3]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
page(s): 1 [details]   

additional source Maragos, J. E.; Kenyon, J. (2004). Rose Atoll coral data compiled from US Fish and Wildlife Service 1994, Townsend Cromwell 2002, and Sette 2004 surveys [Table 10]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
page(s): 1 [details]   

additional source Maragos, J. E. (2004). Baker Island coral data [Table unnumbered]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
page(s): 1 [details]   

additional source Veron, J. E. N.; Pichon, M. (1979). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia, part III: Families Agariciidae, Siderastreidae, Fungiidae, Oculinidae, Merulinidae, Mussidae, Pectiniidae, Caryophylliidae, Dendrophylliidae. Australian Government Publishing Service. Canberra., volume 4, pp. 422.
page(s): 37, 57-60 [details]   

additional source Sheppard, C. R. C. (1985). Fringing reefs in the southern region, Jeddah to Jizan. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 7, 37-58
page(s): 46 [details]   

additional source Kühlmann, D. H. H. (2006). Die Steinkorallensammlung im Naturhistorischen Museum in Rudolstadt (Thüringen) nebst ökologischen Bemerkungen. Rudolstädter Naturhistorische Schriften, 13, 37-113
page(s): 62, 77, 112 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype USNM 44805, geounit Marshall Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Agaricia minikoiensis (Gardiner, 1905)) IGPS 36891, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Agaricia minikoiensis (Gardiner, 1905)) IGPS 44907, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NMSR 8576, geounit Eritrean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NMSR 8997, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 156-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 169-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 218-81, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 225-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 241-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 273-78, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 288-78, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 288-83, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 381-84, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 383-84, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 389-77, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 398-81, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 401-81, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 402-81, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 403-81, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 404-81, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 405-81, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 47-81, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 498-77, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 61-88, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 625-86, geounit Ashmore-Cartier Is. [details]
Nontype WAM 629-86, geounit Ashmore-Cartier Is. [details]
Nontype WAM 632-86, geounit Ashmore-Cartier Is. [details]
Nontype WAM 648-86, geounit Ashmore-Cartier Is. [details]
Nontype WAM 652-86, geounit Ashmore-Cartier Is. [details]
Nontype WAM 653-86, geounit Ashmore-Cartier Is. [details]
Nontype WAM 74-81, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 805-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 80-81, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 81-81, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 82-81, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 83-81, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 872-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype USNM 44806, geounit Marshall Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology zooxanthellate [details]

From other sources
Description This is an encrusting species when small, though it can develop brackets or leaves which reach 50 cm across. Its surface is convoluted due to well developed collines, rather in the manner of Pachyseris rugosa. Septo-costae are equal. This is widespread and possibly the commonest species in this genus in the Indian Ocean, and occupies the greatest range of habitats in the genus. As well as occurring in typical Leptoseris habitats, it is found on fairly sedimented back reef slope. (Sheppard, 1998 <308>)

Colonies are encrusting or laminar with a surface of small irregular folds. Corallites are crowded between the folds except towards the periphery where they are aligned in rows parallel to the margins. They are outwardly inclined. Septo-costae are fine and even. Colour: mottled brown and green, usually dark colours if in shade. Abundance: sometimes common on reef slopes protected from wave action especially on steeply sloping or vertical walls, where they frequently exceed1 m in diameter. (Veron, 1986 <57>) [details]

Type locality Marshall Islands (Veron, 1986) [details]
LanguageName 
English porcelain coral  [details]
Japanese アバタセンベイサンゴ  [details]