Taxon name selected
Leptoseris yabei (Pillai and Scheer, 1976)
Status
Valid species
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Authority reference(s):
Pillai, C.G. and Scheer, G. (1976). Report on the stony corals from the Maldive archipelago: results of the Xarifa Expedition, 1957/58 of the International Institute for Submarine Research, Vaduz, Liechtenstein. Zoologica Heft 126:1-83, pls. 1-31. (For species details see p. 39 and Plate 16, Fig. 1-2)
Taxonomic note: Possibly warrants a separate generic designation
Taxonomic reference(s):
Pillai, C.G. and Scheer, G. (1976). Report on the stony corals from the Maldive archipelago: results of the Xarifa Expedition, 1957/58 of the International Institute for Submarine Research, Vaduz, Liechtenstein. Zoologica Heft 126:1-83, pls. 1-31.
Dinesen, Z.D. (1980). A Revision of the Coral Genus Leptoseris (Scleractinia: Fungiina: Agariciidae) Memoires of the Queensland Museum 20(1):181-235.
Veron, J.E.N. and Pichon, M. (1980). Scleractinia of eastern Australia. Part III. Families Agariciidae, Siderastreidae, Fungiidae, Oculinidae, Merulinidae, Mussidae, Pectiniidae, Caryophylliidae, Dendrophylliidae
. (Townsville, Australia: Australian Institute of Marine Science), 4:1-422.
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