Kingdom Animalia Phylum Cnidaria Order Scleractinia | Family Merulinidae Rank Genus Subclass Hexacorallia | |
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Similar Scleractinia, Oulophyllia, Platygyra, Goniastrea, Diploastrea heliopora | ||
Leptoria is a genus of stony corals in the Merulinidae family. 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.
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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.
Species
The following species are currently recognized by the World Register of Marine Species :
References
Leptoria Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA