Poole, Karen E.
Leptoria
Sign in to saveLeptoria is a genus of stony corals in the family Merulinidae. Members of this genus are known as brain corals or closed brain corals. They are native to the Indo-Pacific region and their ranges extend from the Red Sea through the Indian Ocean as far as Japan and the South Central Pacific Ocean.
Species
brain coral
KINGDOM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumCnidaria
- ClassHexacorallia
- OrderScleractinia
- FamilyMerulinidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 81
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Merulinidae
- Collections
- NHMUK, USNM, UCMP, YPM, UWBM
- Recorded in
- Indonesia, Seychelles, Oman, Jamaica, American Samoa, Kiribati, Dominican Republic, Fiji
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Leptoria is a genus of stony corals in the family Merulinidae. Members of this genus are known as brain corals or closed brain corals. They are native to the Indo-Pacific region and their ranges extend from the Red Sea through the Indian Ocean as far as Japan and the South Central Pacific Ocean.
==Characteristics== Colonies are massive and the corallites are meandroid (in meandering valleys on the surface of the coral). The septa are neatly arranged like rungs on a ladder.
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