WoRMS taxon details
Leptophyton van Ofwegen & Schleyer, 1997
267549 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267549)
accepted
Genus
Leptophyton benayahui van Ofwegen & Schleyer, 1997 (type by original designation)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
van Ofwegen, L. P.; Schleyer, M. H. (1997). Corals of the South-west Indian Ocean 5: Leptophyton benayahui gen. nov. & spec. nov.(Cnidaria, Alcyonacea) from deep reefs off Durban and on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast, South Africa. <em>The Oceanographic Research Institute.</em> Report 71, pp. 1–12. [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Leptophyton van Ofwegen & Schleyer, 1997. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267549 on 2024-04-18
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van Ofwegen, L. P.; Schleyer, M. H. (1997). Corals of the South-west Indian Ocean 5: Leptophyton benayahui gen. nov. & spec. nov.(Cnidaria, Alcyonacea) from deep reefs off Durban and on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast, South Africa. <em>The Oceanographic Research Institute.</em> Report 71, pp. 1–12. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source McFadden, C.S.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2017). Revisionary systematics of the endemic soft coral fauna (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Alcyoniina) of the Agulhas Bioregion, South Africa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4363(4): 451-488., available online at https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4363.4.1
page(s): 471-473 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Williams, G.C.; Starmer, J. (2000). A new genus and species of soft coral (Octocorallia: Alcyoniidae) from South Africa. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 52(8): 87-96.
page(s): 87 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source McFadden, C.S.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2017). Revisionary systematics of the endemic soft coral fauna (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Alcyoniina) of the Agulhas Bioregion, South Africa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4363(4): 451-488., available online at https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4363.4.1
page(s): 471-473 [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Williams, G.C.; Starmer, J. (2000). A new genus and species of soft coral (Octocorallia: Alcyoniidae) from South Africa. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 52(8): 87-96.
page(s): 87 [details]
