WoRMS taxon details

Leptophyton benayahui van Ofwegen & Schleyer, 1997

290284  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:290284)

accepted
Species
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 benayahui van Ofwegen & Schleyer, 1997. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=290284 on 2024-04-16
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original description 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 Ofwegen, L.P., S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS[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): 472 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Fabricius, K.; Alderslade, P. (2001). Soft Corals and Sea Fans: A Comprehensive Guide to the Shallow-water Genera of the Central-West Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville.</em> pp. 264.
page(s): 118 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality