WoRMS taxon details
Leptopentacta Clark, 1938
123481 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123481)
accepted
Genus
Leptopentacta grisea Clark, 1938 (type by original designation)
Parocnus Deichmann, 1941 · unaccepted
Siphothuria Perrier E., 1886 · unaccepted
Trachythyone auct. [non Studer, 1876] · unaccepted > misapplication
- Species Leptopentacta bacilliformis (Koehler & Vaney, 1908)
- Species Leptopentacta grisea Clark, 1938
- Species Leptopentacta imbricata (Semper, 1867)
- Species Leptopentacta nina Deichmann, 1941
- Species Leptopentacta nova Deichmann, 1941
- Species Leptopentacta panamica Deichmann, 1941
- Species Leptopentacta punctabipedia Cherbonnier, 1961
- Species Leptopentacta deichmannae Domantay, 1958 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Leptopentacta macculochae Domantay, 1961 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Leptopentacta cabindaensis (Cherbonnier, 1949) accepted as Cherbocnus cabindaensis (Cherbonnier, 1949)
- Species Leptopentacta cucumis (Risso, 1826) accepted as Paraleptopentacta cucumis (Risso, 1826)
- Species Leptopentacta deichmannae Domantay, 1953 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Leptopentacta djakonovi Baranova & Saveleva, 1972 accepted as Paraleptopentacta djakonovi (Baranova & Saveleva, 1972)
- Species Leptopentacta elongata (Düben & Koren, 1846) accepted as Paraleptopentacta elongata (Düben & Koren, 1846)
- Species Leptopentacta macculochae Domantay, 1953 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Leptopentacta pygmaea (Semper, 1868) accepted as Ocnus pygmaeus Semper, 1867
- Species Leptopentacta ransoni (Cherbonnier, 1949) accepted as Cherbocnus ransoni (Cherbonnier, 1949)
- Species Leptopentacta tergestina (M. Sars, 1859) accepted as Paraleptopentacta tergestina (Sars, 1859)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Clark, H. L. (1938). Echinoderms from Australia, an account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoöology at Harvard College.</em> 55: 1-597, 28 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4374780 [details]
Type locality contained in Antarctic 200NM zone beyond the coastline
type locality contained in Antarctic 200NM zone beyond the coastline [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
WoRMS (2026). Leptopentacta Clark, 1938. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123481 on 2026-04-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Clark, H. L. (1938). Echinoderms from Australia, an account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoöology at Harvard College.</em> 55: 1-597, 28 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4374780 [details]
original description (of Siphothuria Perrier E., 1886) Perrier, E. (1886). Les explorations sous-marines. <em>Librairie Hachette et Cie., Paris.</em> i-iv, 1-352. [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <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. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Siphothuria Perrier E., 1886) Perrier, E. (1886). Les explorations sous-marines. <em>Librairie Hachette et Cie., Paris.</em> i-iv, 1-352. [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <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. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leptopentacta)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Parocnus) (from synonym Parocnus Deichmann, 1941)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Trachythyone) (from synonym Trachythyone auct. [non Studer, 1876])
To Genbank (from synonym Parocnus Deichmann, 1941)
To Genbank
To NHMUK collection (Leptopentacta Clark, 1938; NON-TYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:9473943)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Parocnus) (from synonym Parocnus Deichmann, 1941)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Trachythyone) (from synonym Trachythyone auct. [non Studer, 1876])
To Genbank (from synonym Parocnus Deichmann, 1941)
To Genbank
To NHMUK collection (Leptopentacta Clark, 1938; NON-TYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:9473943)
From editor or global species database
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