Leptoria

Leptoria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Hexacorallia
Order:	Scleractinia
Family:	Merulinidae
Genus:	Leptoria; Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Species
	See text

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.^[2]

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.^[2]

Species[]

The following species are currently recognized by the World Register of Marine Species :^[1]

Veron, 1990
(Ellis & Solander, 1786)

References[]

^ ^a ^b Hoeksema, Bert (2015). "Leptoria Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
^ ^a ^b Sprung, Julian (1999). Corals: A quick reference guide. Ricordea Publishing. p. 114. ISBN 1-883693-09-8.

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[WoRMS-1] Hoeksema, Bert (2015). "Leptoria Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2015-04-25.

[Sprung-2] Sprung, Julian (1999). Corals: A quick reference guide. Ricordea Publishing. p. 114. ISBN 1-883693-09-8.

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