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Leptoseris fragilis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
207280 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207280)
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marine, fresh, terrestrial
Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1849). Mémoire sur les Polypes appartenant à la famille des Oculinides, au groupe intermédiaire des Pseudastréides et à la famille des Fongides. <em>Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences, Paris.</em> 29: 67-73., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1225794 [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Leptoseris fragilis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207280 on 2024-11-09
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Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1849). Mémoire sur les Polypes appartenant à la famille des Oculinides, au groupe intermédiaire des Pseudastréides et à la famille des Fongides. <em>Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences, Paris.</em> 29: 67-73., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1225794 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Sheppard CRC. (1987). Coral species of the Indian Ocean and adjacent seas: a synonymised compilation and some regional distribution patterns. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 307: 1-32., available online at http:// https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00775630.307.1 [details]
additional source van der Horst, C.J. (1921). The Madreporaria of the Siboga expedition: 2. Madreporaria Fungida. Siboga-Expeditie: uitkomsten op zoölogisch, botanisch, oceanographisch en geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië 1899-1900 aan boord H.M. Siboga onder commando van Luitenant ter Zee 1e kl. G.F. Tydeman, XVIb. E.J. Brill: Leiden. 53-98, plates I-VI pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 3, 31, 44-45 [details]
additional source Gardiner JS. (1905). Madreporaria III. Fungida IV. Turbinolidae. <em>Fauna and geography of the Maldives and Laccadives Archipelagoes, Cambridge.</em> 2: 933-957, pls. 89-93.
page(s): 947 [details]
additional source Yabe H, Sugiyama T. (1941). Recent reef-building corals from Japan and the South Sea Islands under the Japanese mandate. II. <em>The Science reports of the Tôhoku, Imperial University, Sendai, 2nd Series (Geologie).</em> Special Volume 2: 67-91, pls. 60-104.
page(s): 76 [details]
additional source Milne Edwards H (1860) Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 3: 1-560. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Pichon, M.; Benzoni, F. (2007). Taxonomic re-appraisal of zooxanthellate Scleractinian Corals in the Maldive Archipelago. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1441: 21–33.
page(s): 24, 29 [details]
additional source Matthai G (1924) Report on the madreporarian corals in the collection of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Memoirs of the Indian Museum 8: 1-59. [details]
additional source Kitahara, M.V., J. Stolarski, S.D. Cairns, F. Benzoni, J.L. Stake & D.J. Miller. (2012). The first modern solitary Agariciidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia) revealed by molecular and microstructural analysis. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 26 (3): 303-315., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/is11053
page(s): 313 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Pillai CSG. (1972). Stony corals of the seas around India. <em>Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Corals and Coral Reefs, 1969. Marine Biological Association of India Symposium.</em> 5: 191-216.
page(s): 202 [details]
additional source van der Horst, C.J. (1922). Madreporaria: Agariciidae. Report of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean 1905, Volume 7. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Series 2, Zoology.</em> 18 (1): 417-429, pls. 31-32.
page(s): 422 [details]
additional source Rousseau L. (1854). Description des Mollusques coquilles et Zoophytes. In: <i>Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée, Zoologie</i>, 5: 1-118, 125-131 (Mollusques); 119-124, 131-132 (Zoophytes). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43561398 [details]
additional source Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1851). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 6. Monographie des Fongides. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 15: 73-144. [details]
additional source Pillai CSG. (1983). Structure and generic diversity of recent Scleractinia of India. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India.</em> 25, 1-2, 78-90.
page(s): 85 [details]
additional source Tamir, R.; Eyal, G.; Kramer, N.; Laverick, J. H.; Loya, Y. (2019). Light environment drives the shallow‐to‐mesophotic coral community transition. <em>Ecosphere.</em> 10(9): e02839., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2839 [details]
additional source Fricke, H. W.; Vareschi, E.; Schlichter, D. (1987). Photoecology of the coral Leptoseris fragilis in the Red Sea twilight zone (an experimental study by submersible). <em>Oecologia.</em> 73(3): 371-381., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00385253 [details]
additional source Fricke H. (1996). Deep-water exploration of the Red Sea by submersible. In: Uiblein, F., Ott, J., Stachowitsch, M. (Eds), Deep-sea and extreme shallow-water habitats: affinities and adaptations. <em>Biosystematics and Ecology Series.</em> 11: 67-89. [details]
additional source Fricke, H. W.; Schuhmacher, H. (1983). The depth limits of Red Sea stony corals: An ecophysiological problem (a deep diving survey by submersible). <em>Marine Ecology.</em> 4(2): 163-194., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.1983.tb00294.x [details]
additional source Kaiser, P.; Schlichter, D.; Fricke, H. W. (1993). Influence of light on algal symbionts of the deep water coral Leptoseris fragilis. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 117(1): 45-52., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00346424 [details]
additional source Fricke, H. W.; Knauer, B. (1986). Diversity and spatial pattern of coral communities in the Red Sea upper twilight zone. <em>Oecologia.</em> 71(1): 29-37., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00377316 [details]
additional source Schlichter, D.; Fricke, H. W. (1991). Mechanisms of amplification of photosynthetically active radiation in the symbiotic deep-water coral Leptoseris fragilis. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 216-217(1): 389-394., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00026491 [details]
additional source Schlichter, D., Fricke, H. W., Weber, W. (1988). Evidence for par-enhancement by reflection, scattering and fluorescence in the symbiotic deep-water coral Leptoseris fragilis (par= photosynthetically active radiation). <em>Endocytobiosis Cell Research.</em> 5: 83-94. [details]
additional source Schlichter, D.; Kampmann, H.; Conrady, S. (1997). Trophic Potential and Photoecology of Endolithic Algae Living within Coral Skeletons. <em>Marine Ecology.</em> 18(4): 299-317., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.1997.tb00444.x [details]
additional source Schlichter, D.; Meier, U.; Fricke, H. W. (1994). Improvement of photosynthesis in zooxanthellate corals by autofluorescent chromatophores. <em>Oecologia.</em> 99(1-2): 124-131., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00317092 [details]
additional source Schlichter, D.; Weber, W.; Fricke, H. W. (1985). A chromatophore system in the hermatypic, deep-water coral Leptoseris fragilis (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia). <em>Marine Biology.</em> 89(2): 143-147., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00392885 [details]
additional source Ferrier‐Pagès, C.; Bednarz, V.; Grover, R.; Benayahu, Y.; Maguer, J.; Rottier, C.; Wiedenmann, J.; Fine, M. (2021). Symbiotic stony and soft corals: Is their host‐algae relationship really mutualistic at lower mesophotic reefs?. <em>Limnology and Oceanography.</em> 67(1): 261-271., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11990 [details]
subsequent type designation Benzoni F. (2022). Re-discovery of the type material of Leptoseris fragilis (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Scleractinia) from the upper mesophotic in La Réunion, a taxonomic puzzle. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5178(6): 596-600., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5178.6.8 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Sheppard CRC. (1987). Coral species of the Indian Ocean and adjacent seas: a synonymised compilation and some regional distribution patterns. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 307: 1-32., available online at http:// https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00775630.307.1 [details]
additional source van der Horst, C.J. (1921). The Madreporaria of the Siboga expedition: 2. Madreporaria Fungida. Siboga-Expeditie: uitkomsten op zoölogisch, botanisch, oceanographisch en geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië 1899-1900 aan boord H.M. Siboga onder commando van Luitenant ter Zee 1e kl. G.F. Tydeman, XVIb. E.J. Brill: Leiden. 53-98, plates I-VI pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 3, 31, 44-45 [details]
additional source Gardiner JS. (1905). Madreporaria III. Fungida IV. Turbinolidae. <em>Fauna and geography of the Maldives and Laccadives Archipelagoes, Cambridge.</em> 2: 933-957, pls. 89-93.
page(s): 947 [details]
additional source Yabe H, Sugiyama T. (1941). Recent reef-building corals from Japan and the South Sea Islands under the Japanese mandate. II. <em>The Science reports of the Tôhoku, Imperial University, Sendai, 2nd Series (Geologie).</em> Special Volume 2: 67-91, pls. 60-104.
page(s): 76 [details]
additional source Milne Edwards H (1860) Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 3: 1-560. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Pichon, M.; Benzoni, F. (2007). Taxonomic re-appraisal of zooxanthellate Scleractinian Corals in the Maldive Archipelago. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1441: 21–33.
page(s): 24, 29 [details]
additional source Matthai G (1924) Report on the madreporarian corals in the collection of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Memoirs of the Indian Museum 8: 1-59. [details]
additional source Kitahara, M.V., J. Stolarski, S.D. Cairns, F. Benzoni, J.L. Stake & D.J. Miller. (2012). The first modern solitary Agariciidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia) revealed by molecular and microstructural analysis. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 26 (3): 303-315., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/is11053
page(s): 313 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Pillai CSG. (1972). Stony corals of the seas around India. <em>Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Corals and Coral Reefs, 1969. Marine Biological Association of India Symposium.</em> 5: 191-216.
page(s): 202 [details]
additional source van der Horst, C.J. (1922). Madreporaria: Agariciidae. Report of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean 1905, Volume 7. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Series 2, Zoology.</em> 18 (1): 417-429, pls. 31-32.
page(s): 422 [details]
additional source Rousseau L. (1854). Description des Mollusques coquilles et Zoophytes. In: <i>Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée, Zoologie</i>, 5: 1-118, 125-131 (Mollusques); 119-124, 131-132 (Zoophytes). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43561398 [details]
additional source Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1851). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 6. Monographie des Fongides. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 15: 73-144. [details]
additional source Pillai CSG. (1983). Structure and generic diversity of recent Scleractinia of India. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India.</em> 25, 1-2, 78-90.
page(s): 85 [details]
additional source Tamir, R.; Eyal, G.; Kramer, N.; Laverick, J. H.; Loya, Y. (2019). Light environment drives the shallow‐to‐mesophotic coral community transition. <em>Ecosphere.</em> 10(9): e02839., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2839 [details]
additional source Fricke, H. W.; Vareschi, E.; Schlichter, D. (1987). Photoecology of the coral Leptoseris fragilis in the Red Sea twilight zone (an experimental study by submersible). <em>Oecologia.</em> 73(3): 371-381., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00385253 [details]
additional source Fricke H. (1996). Deep-water exploration of the Red Sea by submersible. In: Uiblein, F., Ott, J., Stachowitsch, M. (Eds), Deep-sea and extreme shallow-water habitats: affinities and adaptations. <em>Biosystematics and Ecology Series.</em> 11: 67-89. [details]
additional source Fricke, H. W.; Schuhmacher, H. (1983). The depth limits of Red Sea stony corals: An ecophysiological problem (a deep diving survey by submersible). <em>Marine Ecology.</em> 4(2): 163-194., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.1983.tb00294.x [details]
additional source Kaiser, P.; Schlichter, D.; Fricke, H. W. (1993). Influence of light on algal symbionts of the deep water coral Leptoseris fragilis. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 117(1): 45-52., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00346424 [details]
additional source Fricke, H. W.; Knauer, B. (1986). Diversity and spatial pattern of coral communities in the Red Sea upper twilight zone. <em>Oecologia.</em> 71(1): 29-37., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00377316 [details]
additional source Schlichter, D.; Fricke, H. W. (1991). Mechanisms of amplification of photosynthetically active radiation in the symbiotic deep-water coral Leptoseris fragilis. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 216-217(1): 389-394., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00026491 [details]
additional source Schlichter, D., Fricke, H. W., Weber, W. (1988). Evidence for par-enhancement by reflection, scattering and fluorescence in the symbiotic deep-water coral Leptoseris fragilis (par= photosynthetically active radiation). <em>Endocytobiosis Cell Research.</em> 5: 83-94. [details]
additional source Schlichter, D.; Kampmann, H.; Conrady, S. (1997). Trophic Potential and Photoecology of Endolithic Algae Living within Coral Skeletons. <em>Marine Ecology.</em> 18(4): 299-317., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.1997.tb00444.x [details]
additional source Schlichter, D.; Meier, U.; Fricke, H. W. (1994). Improvement of photosynthesis in zooxanthellate corals by autofluorescent chromatophores. <em>Oecologia.</em> 99(1-2): 124-131., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00317092 [details]
additional source Schlichter, D.; Weber, W.; Fricke, H. W. (1985). A chromatophore system in the hermatypic, deep-water coral Leptoseris fragilis (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia). <em>Marine Biology.</em> 89(2): 143-147., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00392885 [details]
additional source Ferrier‐Pagès, C.; Bednarz, V.; Grover, R.; Benayahu, Y.; Maguer, J.; Rottier, C.; Wiedenmann, J.; Fine, M. (2021). Symbiotic stony and soft corals: Is their host‐algae relationship really mutualistic at lower mesophotic reefs?. <em>Limnology and Oceanography.</em> 67(1): 261-271., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11990 [details]
subsequent type designation Benzoni F. (2022). Re-discovery of the type material of Leptoseris fragilis (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Scleractinia) from the upper mesophotic in La Réunion, a taxonomic puzzle. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5178(6): 596-600., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5178.6.8 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
