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Leptoseris  Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1849
Taxonomic Serial No.: 53034

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2000   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    PhylumCnidaria Hatschek, 1888 – cnidarians, coelenterates, cnidaires, coelentérés, água viva, anêmona, caravela, cnidario, coral, hidra  
       SubphylumAnthozoa   
          ClassAnthozoa Ehrenberg, 1834 – corals, flower animals, sea anemones, anémones de mer, coraux, água viva, anêmona, antozoário, caravela, corais, gorgônia  
             SubclassHexacorallia   
                OrderScleractinia Bourne, 1900 – stony corals, madrépores  
                   SuborderFungiina Verrill, 1865  
                      FamilyAgariciidae Gray, 1847  
                         GenusLeptoseris Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1849  
    Direct Children:  
                            Species Leptoseris amitoriensis Veron, 1990  
                            Species Leptoseris cailleti (Duchassaing and Michelotti, 1864) – lacy lettuce coral 
                            Species Leptoseris cucullata (Ellis and Solander, 1786) – sunray lettuce coral 
                            Species Leptoseris explanata Yabe and Sugiyama, 1941  
                            Species Leptoseris foliosa Dinesen, 1980  
                            Species Leptoseris gardineri Van der Horst, 1921  
                            Species Leptoseris hawaiiensis Vaughan, 1907  
                            Species Leptoseris incrustans (Quelch, 1886)  
                            Species Leptoseris mycetoseroides Wells, 1954  
                            Species Leptoseris papyracea (Dana, 1846)  
                            Species Leptoseris scabra Vaughan, 1907  
                            Species Leptoseris solida (Quelch, 1886)  
                            Species Leptoseris tenuis Van der Horst, 1921  
                            Species Leptoseris tubulifera Vaughan, 1907  
                            Species Leptoseris yabei (Pillai and Scheer, 1976)  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Leptoseris   
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wells, John W.  
  Publication Date: 1986   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: A List of Scleractinian generic and subgeneric taxa, 1758-1985, (special issue)   
  Page(s): 69   
  Publisher: International Association for the Study of Fossil Cnidaria   
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