NMITA: Neogene Marine Biota of Tropical America

Leptoseris

Leptoseris Milne Edwards and Haime, 1849a

Morphologic Description: unifacial explanate or branched colonies; thickened outer wall; proximally exsert calices; horizontal bars on septocostae.

Morphologic Diagnosis: Colony Form: meandroid, Colony Shape: platy (one-sided only), Budding: intramural, Columella: trabecular and discontinuous, Corallite Size: medium (1.5 - 10mm), Wall Structure: synapticulothecal, Lobes: none.

Species (7 total):

L. anguillensis (Vaughan, 1919); CC species #45 (extinct).
L. cailleti (Duchassaing and Michelotti, 1866); CC species #46 (extant)
L. gardineri (van der Horst, 1921); CC species #47 (extinct).
L. glabra Dinesen, 1980; CC species #48 (extinct).
L. walli Vaughan in Vaughan and Hoffmeister, 1926; CC species #51 (extinct).
L. sp. A; CC species #49 (extinct).
L. sp. B; CC species #50 (extinct).

Last updated on October 24, 1996-afb.

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