Scleractinia taxon details
Leptoseris portoricensis Vaughan, 1919 †
1348067 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1348067)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Vaughan, T.W. (1919). Contributions to the geology and paleontology of the Canal Zone, Panama, and geologically related areas in Central America and the West Indies. Fossil corals from central America, Cuba, and Porto Rico: with an account of the American Tertiary, Pleistocene, and recent coral reefs. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 103: 189-524, pls. 68-152., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.15815 [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Leptoseris portoricensis Vaughan, 1919 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1348067 on 2026-04-15
original description
Vaughan, T.W. (1919). Contributions to the geology and paleontology of the Canal Zone, Panama, and geologically related areas in Central America and the West Indies. Fossil corals from central America, Cuba, and Porto Rico: with an account of the American Tertiary, Pleistocene, and recent coral reefs. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 103: 189-524, pls. 68-152., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.15815 [details]
additional source Frost SH, Langenheim RL Jr. (1974). Scleractinian corals. In: Cenozoic reef biofacies. Tertiary larger Foraminifera and scleractinian corals from Chipas, Mexico. <em>Northern Illinois University Press, Chicago.</em> pp 173-314. [details]
additional source Frost SH, Langenheim RL Jr. (1974). Scleractinian corals. In: Cenozoic reef biofacies. Tertiary larger Foraminifera and scleractinian corals from Chipas, Mexico. <em>Northern Illinois University Press, Chicago.</em> pp 173-314. [details]
