Leptoria

Leptoria is a genus of stony corals in the family Merulinidae. 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.^[2]

Leptoria
Leptoria phrygia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Subphylum:	Anthozoa
Class:	Hexacorallia
Order:	Scleractinia
Family:	Merulinidae
Genus:	Leptoria Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 [1]
Species
See text

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.^[2]

Species

The following species are currently recognized by the World Register of Marine Species :^[1]

• Leptoria irregularis Veron, 1990
• Leptoria phrygia (Ellis & Solander, 1786)