Scleractinia name details

Stephanophyllia (Letepsammia) formosissima Moseley, 1876

1449906 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1449906)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Vacatina (Suborder)
  8. Micrabaciidae (Family)
  9. Stephanophyllia (Genus)
  10. Stephanophyllia (Letepsammia) (Subgenus)
  11. Stephanophyllia (Letepsammia) formosissima (Species)
 unaccepted > superseded combination
Letepsammia formosissima (Moseley, 1876)
Species
Stephanophyllia (Letepsammia) Yabe & Eguchi, 1932 accepted as Letepsammia Yabe & Eguchi, 1932
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Stephanophyllia formosissima Moseley, 1876) Moseley, H.N. (1876). Preliminary report to Professor Wyville Thompson, F.R.S., Director of the Civilian Scientific Staff, on the true corals dredged by H.M.S. 'Challenger' in deep water between the dates Dec. 30th, 1870, and August 31st. <em>Proc. R. Soc.</em> 24: 544-569., available online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rspl.1875.0068 [details] 
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Stephanophyllia (Letepsammia) formosissima Moseley, 1876. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1449906 on 2026-10-04
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original description (of Stephanophyllia formosissima Moseley, 1876) Moseley, H.N. (1876). Preliminary report to Professor Wyville Thompson, F.R.S., Director of the Civilian Scientific Staff, on the true corals dredged by H.M.S. 'Challenger' in deep water between the dates Dec. 30th, 1870, and August 31st. <em>Proc. R. Soc.</em> 24: 544-569., available online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rspl.1875.0068 [details] 

additional source Yabe H, Eguchi M. (1942). Fossil and recent simple corals from Japan. <em>Science Reports Tohoku Imperial University, 2nd Series (Geology).</em> 22 (2): 105-178, pls. 9-12. [details] 

new combination reference Yabe H, Eguchi M. (1932). Deep-water corals from the Riukiu limestone of Kikai-Jima, Riukiu Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Imperial Academy of Japan.</em> 8: 442-445., available online at https://doi.org/10.2183/pjab1912.8.442 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Nontype IGPS 59042 [details]
Nontype IGPS 60423, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype IGPS 60426, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype IGPS 60427, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype IGPS 60428, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype IGPS 60430, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype IGPS 60431, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype IGPS 60433, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype IGPS 60434, geounit South Korean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype IGPS 60694, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype IGPS 60695, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype IGPS 60696, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

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