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Lesser Brain Coral

Leptoria phrygia (Ellis & Solander 1786)

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Leptoria phrygia (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Leptoria gracilis
Species recognized by Australia Species List, Federated States of Micronesia Species List, Mariana Islands Species List, Marshall Islands Species List, Philippines Species List, US Virgin Islands Species List, Indonesia Species List, Coral Sea Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, and Philippine Sea Species List
Leptoria gracilis (Dana)
Recognized by OBIS environmental data records
Leptoria phrygia
Species recognized by wikipedia NL, wikipedia VI, Australia Species List, Christmas Island Species List, Federated States of Micronesia Species List, French Polynesia Species List, Guam Species List, Kenya Species List, Marshall Islands Species List, Palau Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Philippines Species List, Reunion Species List, Saudi Arabia Species List, Seychelles Species List, Indonesia Species List, Andaman Sea Species List, Arabian Sea Species List, Banda Sea Species List, Bay of Bengal Species List, Coral Sea Species List, Flores Sea Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, Makassar Strait Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, North Pacific Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, South Pacific Species List, NCBI, and Timor Sea Species List
Leptoria phrygia
Recognized by Furui 2020
Leptoria phrygia (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, and GBIF classification
Leptoria phrygia (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Recognized by OBIS environmental data records
Leptoria tenuis
Species recognized by Mauritius Species List, Coral Sea Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, and Philippine Sea Species List
Platygyra gracilis
Recognized by OBIS environmental data records
Platygyra phrygia
Recognized by OBIS environmental data records
Leptoria gracilis
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Leptoria phrygia
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, Paleobiology Database, wikipedia FR, CITES, and Barcode of Life Data Systems
Leptoria phrygia
Recognized by coraltraits
Leptoria phrygia (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Species recognized by IUCN, Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023, iNaturalist, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test, and World Register of Marine Species
Leptoria phrygia (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Recognized by Scleractinia Lifestyle
Meandrina tenuis Dana 1846
Recognized by NMNH Collection

Alternative Names

Leptoria gracilis (Dana 1846)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Leptoria phrygia var. gracilis (Dana 1846)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Leptoria tenuis (Dana 1846)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Madrepora phrygia Ellis & Solander 1786
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Maeandra (Platygyra) phrygia (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Maeandrina gracilis Dana 1846
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Maeandrina phrygia (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Maeandrina tenuis Dana 1846
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Meandrina gracilis Dana 1846
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Meandrina phrygia (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Meandrina tenuis Dana 1846
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Platygyra gracilis (Dana 1846)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Platygyra phrygia (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Leptoria gracilis (Dana 1846)
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Leptoria tenuis (Dana 1846)
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Madrepora phrygia Ellis & Solander 1786
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Maeandrina gracilis Dana 1846
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Maeandrina phrygia (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Maeandrina tenuis Dana 1846
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Meandrina phrygia (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Platygyra gracilis (Dana 1846)
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Platygyra phrygia (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Leptoria gracilis
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Leptoria gracilis
Synonym according to CITES
Leptoria gracilis (Dana 1846)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Leptoria gracilis (Dana 1846)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Leptoria phrygia var. gracilis (Dana 1846)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Leptoria phrygia var. gracilis (Dana 1846)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Leptoria tenuis
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Leptoria tenuis
Synonym according to CITES
Leptoria tenuis (Dana 1846)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Leptoria tenuis (Dana 1846)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Madrepora phrygia
Recombined according to Paleobiology Database
Madrepora phrygia
Synonym according to CITES
Madrepora phrygia Ellis & Solander 1786
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Madrepora phrygia Ellis & Solander 1786
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Maeandra (Platygyra) phrygia (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Maeandra (Platygyra) phrygia (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Maeandra gracilis (Dana 1846)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Maeandra tenuis (Dana 1846)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Maeandrina gracilis Dana 1846
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Maeandrina gracilis Dana 1846
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Maeandrina phrygia (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Maeandrina phrygia (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Maeandrina tenuis
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Maeandrina tenuis Dana 1846
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Maeandrina tenuis Dana 1846
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Meandrina gracilis
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Meandrina gracilis
Synonym according to CITES
Meandrina gracilis Dana 1846
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Meandrina gracilis Dana 1846
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Meandrina phrygia (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Meandrina phrygia (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Meandrina tenuis
Synonym according to CITES
Meandrina tenuis Dana 1846
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Meandrina tenuis Dana 1846
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Platygyra gracilis
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Platygyra gracilis (Dana 1846)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Platygyra gracilis (Dana 1846)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Platygyra phrygia
Recombined according to Paleobiology Database
Platygyra phrygia
Synonym according to CITES
Platygyra phrygia (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Platygyra phrygia (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Platygyra tenuis
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database

Common Names

English

Lesser Brain Coral preferred
Recognized by CITES
brain coral
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species
least valley coral
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Japanese

ナガレサンゴ preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020 and World Register of Marine Species

Curated hierarchies for Leptoria phrygia (Ellis & Solander 1786)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Cnidaria
Anthozoa Ehrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia Haeckel 1896
Scleractinia Bourne 1900
Merulinidae Verrill 1865
Leptoria Milne Edwards & Haime 1848
Leptoria phrygia (Ellis & Solander 1786) (this page)
Leptoria concentrica Duncan 1880
Leptoria hydnophoroidea Duncan 1880
Leptoria irregularis Veron 1990
Leptoria laxa Budd 1992
Leptoria pauca Budd 1992
Leptoria profunda Duncan 1873
Leptoria selenkae Felix 1913
Leptoria spenceri Vaughan 1919

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Hexacorallia
Scleractinia
Merulinidae Milne Edwards & Haime 1857
Leptoria Milne Edwards & Haime 1848
Leptoria phrygia (Ellis & Solander 1786) (this page)
Leptoria concentrica Duncan 1880
Leptoria delicatula Reuss 1854
Leptoria hydnophoroidea Duncan 1880
Leptoria irregularis Veron 1990
Leptoria konincki (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849)
Leptoria laxa Budd 1992
Leptoria nawunganensis Gerth 1933
Leptoria pauca Budd 1992
Leptoria pennata Umbgrove 1924
Leptoria profunda Duncan 1873
Leptoria selenkae Felix 1913
Leptoria spenceri Vaughan 1919
Leptoria voracissima Oppenheim 1930

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Cnidaria
Anthozoa Ehrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia Haeckel 1896
Scleractinia Bourne 1900
Merulinidae Verrill 1865
Leptoria Milne Edwards & Haime 1848
Leptoria phrygia (Ellis & Solander 1786) (this page)
Leptoria concentrica Duncan 1880
Leptoria hydnophoroidea Duncan 1880
Leptoria irregularis Veron 1990
Leptoria laxa Budd 1992
Leptoria pauca Budd 1992
Leptoria profunda Duncan 1873
Leptoria selenkae Felix 1913
Leptoria spenceri Vaughan 1919

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
Merulinidae
Leptoria
Leptoria phrygia (Ellis & Solander 1786) (this page)
Leptoria concentrica Duncan 1880
Leptoria hydnophoroidea Duncan 1880
Leptoria irregularis Veron 1990
Leptoria profunda Duncan 1873

GBIF classification

Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
Merulinidae
Leptoria Milne Edwards & Haime 1848
Leptoria phrygia (Ellis & Solander 1786) (this page)
Dendrogyra italica (d'Achiardi 1875)
Leptoria bithecata Schuster 2002
Leptoria cantharelloides Wanner 1902
Leptoria concentrica Duncan 1880
Leptoria cristata Dainelli 1925
Leptoria hayae Bromfield 2013
Leptoria hydnophoroidea Duncan 1880
Leptoria irregularis Veron 1990
Leptoria laxa Budd et al. 1992
Leptoria netchensis Chevalier 1968
Leptoria patellaris Reuss 1854
Leptoria pauca Budd et al. 1992
Leptoria paucisepta Kühn 1933
Leptoria pennata Umbgrove 1924
Leptoria profunda Duncan 1873
Leptoria selenkae Felix 1913
Leptoria senessei Alloiteau 1939
Leptoria setchelli Hoffmeister
Leptoria spenceri Vaughan 1919
Leptoria traba Bromfield 2013
Meandrina angigyra (Reuss 1848)
Meandrina reticulata (Reuss 1848)

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Cnidaria Hatschek 1888
Anthozoa
Anthozoa Ehrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia
Scleractinia Bourne 1900
Faviina Vaughan & Wells 1943
Faviidae Gregory 1900
Leptoria Milne-Edwards & Haime 1848
Leptoria phrygia (Ellis & Solander 1786) (this page)
Leptoria irregularis Veron 1990

IUCN

Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
Faviidae
Leptoria phrygia (Ellis & Solander 1786) (this page)
Barabattoia amicorum (Milne Edwards & Haime 1850)
Barabattoia laddi (Wells 1954)
Caulastrea connata (Ortmann 1892)
Caulastrea echinulata (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849)
Caulastrea furcata Dana 1846
Caulastrea tumida Matthai 1928
Cladocora caespitosa (Linnaeus 1767)
Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn 1772)
Cyphastrea chalcidicum (Forskål 1775)
Cyphastrea hexasepta Veron Turak & De Vantier 2000
Cyphastrea ocellina (Dana 1864)
Cyphastrea serailia (Forskål 1775)
Diploastrea heliopora (Lamarck 1816)
Diploria clivosa (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Diploria labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus 1758)
Diploria strigosa (Dana 1848)
Echinopora ashmorensis Veron 1990
Echinopora fruticulosa (Ehrenberg 1834)
Echinopora gemmacea Lamarck 1816
Echinopora grandicula Claereboudt 2006
Echinopora hirsutissima Milne Edwards & Haime 1849
Echinopora horrida Dana 1846
Echinopora irregularis Veron Turak & De Vantier 2000
Echinopora lamellosa (Esper 1795)
Echinopora mammiformis (Nemenzo 1959)
Echinopora pacificus Veron 1990
Echinopora robusta Veron 2002
Echinopora taylorae (Veron 2002)
Echinopora tiranensis Veron Turak & De Vantier 2000
Favia albidus Veron 2002
Favia danae Verrill 1872
Favia lacuna Veron Turak & De Vantier 2000
Favia laxa (Klunzinger 1879)
Favia leptophylla Verrill 1868
Favia lizardensis Veron & Pichon 1977
Favia marshae Veron 2002
Favia maxima Veron Pichon & Wijsman-Best 1972
Favia pallida (Dana 1846)
Favia rosaria Veron 2002
Favia rotumana (Gardiner 1899)
Favia rotundata Veron Pichon & Wijsman-Best 1972
Favia speciosa Dana 1846
Favia truncatus Veron 2002
Favia veroni Moll & Borel-Best 1984
Favia vietnamensis Veron 2002
Favites abdita (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Favites acuticollis (Ortmann 1889)
Favites complanata (Ehrenberg 1834)
Favites flexuosa (Dana 1846)
Favites halicora (Ehrenberg 1834)
Favites pentagona (Esper 1794)
Favites russelli (Wells 1954)
Favites vasta (Klunzinger 1879)
Goniastrea aspera Verrill 1905
Goniastrea australensis (Milne Edwards & Haime 1857)
Goniastrea columella Crossland 1948
Goniastrea deformis Veron 1990
Goniastrea edwardsi Chevalier 1971
Goniastrea favulus (Dana 1846)
Goniastrea minuta Veron 2002
Goniastrea palauensis (Yabe & Sugiyama 1936)
Goniastrea pectinata (Ehrenberg 1834)
Goniastrea ramosa Veron 2002
Leptastrea aequalis Veron 2002
Leptastrea bewickensis Veron & Pichon 1977
Leptastrea bottae (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849)
Leptastrea inaequalis Klunzinger 1879
Leptastrea pruinosa Crossland 1952
Leptastrea purpurea (Dana 1846)
Leptoria irregularis Veron 1990
Manicina areolata (Linnaeus 1758)
Montastraea annularis (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Montastraea cavernosa (Linnaeus 1766)
Montastraea faveolata (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Montastraea franksi (Gregory 1895)
Montastrea annuligera (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849)
Montastrea colemani Veron 2002
Montastrea curta (Dana 1846)
Montastrea magnistellata Chevalier 1971
Montastrea multipunctata Hodgson 1985
Montastrea salebrosa (Nemenzo 1959)
Montastrea serageldini Veron 2002
Montastrea valenciennesi (Milne Edwards & Haime 1848)
Moseleya latistellata Quelch 1884
Oulastrea crispata (Lamarck 1816)
Oulophyllia bennettae (Veron & Pichon 1977)
Oulophyllia crispa (Lamarck 1816)
Oulophyllia levis Nemenzo 1959
Platygyra acuta Veron 2002
Platygyra contorta Veron 1990
Platygyra crosslandi Matthai 1928
Platygyra daedalea (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Platygyra pini Chevalier 1975
Platygyra ryukyuensis Yabe & Sugiyama 1936
Platygyra sinensis (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849)
Platygyra verweyi Wijsman-Best 1976
Platygyra yaeyamaensis Eguchi & Shirai 1977
Plesiastrea devantieri Veron 2002
Plesiastrea versipora (Lamarck 1816)
Solenastrea hyades (Dana 1846)
29 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Hexacorallia
Scleractinia
Faviina
Merulinidae
Leptoria
Leptoria phrygia (this page)
Leptoria irregularis

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Radiata
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Hexacorallia
Scleractinia
Faviidae
Leptoria
Leptoria gracilis (this page)
Leptoria irregularis
Leptoria phrygia

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Radiata
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Hexacorallia
Scleractinia
Faviidae
Leptoria
Leptoria phrygia (this page)
Leptoria gracilis
Leptoria irregularis

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
Merulinidae
Leptoria
Leptoria phrygia (Ellis & Solander 1786) (this page)
Leptoria concentrica Duncan 1880
Leptoria delicatula Reuss 1854
Leptoria hydnophoroidea Duncan 1880
Leptoria irregularis Veron 1990
Leptoria konincki (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849)
Leptoria laxa Budd 1992
Leptoria nawunganensis Gerth 1933
Leptoria pauca Budd 1992
Leptoria pennata Umbgrove 1924
Leptoria profunda Duncan 1873
Leptoria selenkae Felix 1913
Leptoria spenceri Vaughan 1919
Leptoria voracissima Oppenheim 1930
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