WoRMS taxon details
Leptopsammia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
135113 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135113)
accepted
Genus
Leptopsammia stokesiana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (type by monotypy)
Species Leptopsammia britannica (Duncan, 1870)
Species Leptopsammia chevalieri Zibrowius, 1980
Species Leptopsammia columna Folkeson, 1919
Species Leptopsammia crassa van der Horst, 1922
Species Leptopsammia formosa (Gravier, 1915)
Species Leptopsammia poculum (Alcock, 1902)
Species Leptopsammia pruvoti Lacaze-Duthiers, 1897
Species Leptopsammia queenslandiae Wells, 1964
Species Leptopsammia stokesiana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Species Leptopsammia trinitatis Hubbard & Wells, 1987
Species Leptopsammia chevaliery Zibrowius, 1980 accepted as Leptopsammia chevalieri Zibrowius, 1980 (unaccepted > misspelling)
Species Leptopsammia conica van der Horst, 1922 accepted as Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) stimpsonii (Verrill, 1866) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, homonym)
Species Leptopsammia microcardia Döderlein, 1913 accepted as Leptopsammia pruvoti Lacaze-Duthiers, 1897 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Leptopsammia poculum van der Horst, 1922 accepted as Leptopsammia poculum (Alcock, 1902) (unaccepted > junior homonym)
Species Leptopsammia chevalieri Zibrowius, 1980
Species Leptopsammia columna Folkeson, 1919
Species Leptopsammia crassa van der Horst, 1922
Species Leptopsammia formosa (Gravier, 1915)
Species Leptopsammia poculum (Alcock, 1902)
Species Leptopsammia pruvoti Lacaze-Duthiers, 1897
Species Leptopsammia queenslandiae Wells, 1964
Species Leptopsammia stokesiana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Species Leptopsammia trinitatis Hubbard & Wells, 1987
Species Leptopsammia chevaliery Zibrowius, 1980 accepted as Leptopsammia chevalieri Zibrowius, 1980 (unaccepted > misspelling)
Species Leptopsammia conica van der Horst, 1922 accepted as Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) stimpsonii (Verrill, 1866) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, homonym)
Species Leptopsammia microcardia Döderlein, 1913 accepted as Leptopsammia pruvoti Lacaze-Duthiers, 1897 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Leptopsammia poculum van der Horst, 1922 accepted as Leptopsammia poculum (Alcock, 1902) (unaccepted > junior homonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 3. Monographie des eupsammides. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 10: 65-114, pls. 5-9. [details]
Depth range 3-900 m
Fossil range Miocene to Recent
Depth range 3-900 m [details]
Fossil range Miocene to Recent
Fossil range Miocene to Recent [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2023). World List of Scleractinia. Leptopsammia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135113 on 2023-01-27
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Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 3. Monographie des eupsammides. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 10: 65-114, pls. 5-9. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., Hoeksema, B.W., and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 109-110 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [details]
additional source Daly, M.M., Fautin D.G., Cappola V.A., 2003. Systematics of the Hexacorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 139 3: 419-437.
page(s): 424-425, 427-428 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Milne Edwards H (1860) Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 3: 1-560. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details]
additional source Baron-Szabo RC, Cairns SD. (2019). Systematic descriptions of the Scleractinia - Family Dendrophylliidae (nr. 119). <em>Treatise Online, Part F, Revised.</em> . Volume 2, Chapter 14: 1-32. [details]
redescription Cairns SD. (2000). A revision of the shallow-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia of the Western Atlantic. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 125: 1-235. [details]
redescription Cairns SD. (2001). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Dendrophylliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 615: 1-75., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.615 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., Hoeksema, B.W., and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 109-110 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [details]
additional source Daly, M.M., Fautin D.G., Cappola V.A., 2003. Systematics of the Hexacorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 139 3: 419-437.
page(s): 424-425, 427-428 [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Milne Edwards H (1860) Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 3: 1-560. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details]
additional source Baron-Szabo RC, Cairns SD. (2019). Systematic descriptions of the Scleractinia - Family Dendrophylliidae (nr. 119). <em>Treatise Online, Part F, Revised.</em> . Volume 2, Chapter 14: 1-32. [details]
redescription Cairns SD. (2000). A revision of the shallow-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia of the Western Atlantic. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 125: 1-235. [details]
redescription Cairns SD. (2001). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Dendrophylliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 615: 1-75., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.615 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Comparison See Endopsammia [details]Diagnosis Corallum solitary, ceratoid to subcylindrical, firmly attached; epithecate basally; septa arranged normally; inner edges of S3-4 dentate to laciniate; columella discrete and spongy; azooxanthellate. [details]
Remark This genus and family were monographed by Cairns (2001), which included a phylogenetic analysis based on morphology. Eleven species, only one of which is fossil. [details]
From other sources
Biology azooxanthellate [details]Depth range 3-900 m [details]
Fossil range Miocene to Recent [details]
