Deep-Sea taxon details
Leptopenus discus Moseley, 1880
287466 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:287466)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Moseley, H.N. (1881 [1880]). Report on certain hydroid, alcyonarian, and madreporarian corals procured during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, in the years 1873–1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 2 (part 7): 1-248, pl. Hydrocorallinae 1-14, Helioporidae 1-2, Madreporaria 1-16., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-07/README.htm [details]
Note Recent: southern Indian and Atlantic Oceans,...
Type locality Recent: southern Indian and Atlantic Oceans, 3034-3564 m [details]
Depth range 2842-5000 m
Depth range 2842-5000 m [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Leptopenus discus Moseley, 1880. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287466 on 2024-04-18
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Leptopenus discus Moseley, 1880. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287466 on 2024-04-18
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Moseley, H.N. (1881 [1880]). Report on certain hydroid, alcyonarian, and madreporarian corals procured during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, in the years 1873–1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 2 (part 7): 1-248, pl. Hydrocorallinae 1-14, Helioporidae 1-2, Madreporaria 1-16., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-07/README.htm [details]
context source (Deepsea) Cairns, Stephen (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (2009-2017). On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. <em>In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats.</em> Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [details]
additional source Reyes-Bonilla, H. (2002). Checklist of valid names and synonyms of stony corals (Anthozoa: Scleractinia) from the eastern Pacific. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 36(1): 1-13., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/713833841 [details]
additional source Dennant J. (1906). Madreporaria from the Australian and New Zealand coasts. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 30: 151-165, pls. 5-6. [details]
additional source Keller NB. (1977). New species of the genus Leptopenus and some peculiarities of deep-sea ahermatypic corals. <em>Trudy Instituta Okeanologii.</em> 108: 37-43,1 pl. [in Russian].
page(s): 37, 38, 39 [details]
additional source Wells JW. (1958). Scleractinian Corals. <em>British-Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition 1929-31 Reports Series B.</em> 6(11): 257-275, pls. 1-2.
page(s): 262, 263 [details]
additional source Squires, D. F. (1965). A new record for Leptopenus, a rare deep-water coral. Nature (London), 207(4999): 878-879
page(s): 878, fig. 1 [details]
additional source Wilborn, R.E., Goddard, P., Wilborn, M.M. II , Best, M., Rooper, C.N. (2021). Field Guide to Corals of British Columbia, Canada, Alaska, USA, and the eastern North Pacific Ocean (Anthozoa: Octocorallia and Hexacorallia) (Hydrozoa: Anthoathecata). A complete compilation of coral identifications for the eastern North Pacific Ocean. <em>Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 3433: xi + 123 p., available online at https://publications.gc.ca/site/eng/9.900778/publication.html [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
page(s): 34 [details]
additional source Wells JW (1964) Ahermatypic corals from Queensland. University of Queensland Papers, Department of Zoology 2: 107-121, pls. 1-3.
page(s): 109 [details]
redescription Cairns, S.D. (1994). Scleractinia of the temperate North Pacific. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 557: 1-150. [details] Available for editors
redescription Cairns, S.D. (1979). The deep-water Scleractinia of the Caribbean and adjacent waters. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 57:1-341. [details] Available for editors
redescription Cairns, S.D. (1982). Antarctic and Subantarctic Scleractinia. <em>Antarctic Research Series.</em> 34: 1-74. [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Cairns, Stephen (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (2009-2017). On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. <em>In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats.</em> Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [details]
additional source Reyes-Bonilla, H. (2002). Checklist of valid names and synonyms of stony corals (Anthozoa: Scleractinia) from the eastern Pacific. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 36(1): 1-13., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/713833841 [details]
additional source Dennant J. (1906). Madreporaria from the Australian and New Zealand coasts. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 30: 151-165, pls. 5-6. [details]
additional source Keller NB. (1977). New species of the genus Leptopenus and some peculiarities of deep-sea ahermatypic corals. <em>Trudy Instituta Okeanologii.</em> 108: 37-43,1 pl. [in Russian].
page(s): 37, 38, 39 [details]
additional source Wells JW. (1958). Scleractinian Corals. <em>British-Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition 1929-31 Reports Series B.</em> 6(11): 257-275, pls. 1-2.
page(s): 262, 263 [details]
additional source Squires, D. F. (1965). A new record for Leptopenus, a rare deep-water coral. Nature (London), 207(4999): 878-879
page(s): 878, fig. 1 [details]
additional source Wilborn, R.E., Goddard, P., Wilborn, M.M. II , Best, M., Rooper, C.N. (2021). Field Guide to Corals of British Columbia, Canada, Alaska, USA, and the eastern North Pacific Ocean (Anthozoa: Octocorallia and Hexacorallia) (Hydrozoa: Anthoathecata). A complete compilation of coral identifications for the eastern North Pacific Ocean. <em>Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 3433: xi + 123 p., available online at https://publications.gc.ca/site/eng/9.900778/publication.html [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
page(s): 34 [details]
additional source Wells JW (1964) Ahermatypic corals from Queensland. University of Queensland Papers, Department of Zoology 2: 107-121, pls. 1-3.
page(s): 109 [details]
redescription Cairns, S.D. (1994). Scleractinia of the temperate North Pacific. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 557: 1-150. [details] Available for editors
redescription Cairns, S.D. (1979). The deep-water Scleractinia of the Caribbean and adjacent waters. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 57:1-341. [details] Available for editors
redescription Cairns, S.D. (1982). Antarctic and Subantarctic Scleractinia. <em>Antarctic Research Series.</em> 34: 1-74. [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype USNM 46916, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Syntype NHMUK 80.11.25.158-159, verbatimGeounit Recent: southern Ind... [details]
Unknown type SIO Co 1268, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type SIO Co 1270, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type SIO Co 1271, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type SIO Co 927, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Recent: southern Indian and Atlantic Oceans, 3034-3564 m [details]From other sources
Biology azooxanthellate [details]Depth range 2842-5000 m [details]
