WoRMS taxon details
Letepsammia superstes (Ortmann, 1888)
290288 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:290288)
accepted
Species
Letepsammia formosissima f. superstes (Ortmann, 1888) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Letepsammia japonica (Yabe & Eguchi, 1934) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Micrabacia japonica (Yabe & Eguchi, 1932) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Stephanophyllia (Discopsammia) superstes Ortmann, 1888 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Stephanophyllia japonica Yabe & Eguchi, 1934 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Stephanophyllia superstes Ortmann, 1888 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Stephanophyllia superstes Ortmann, 1888) Ortmann, A. (1888). Studien über Systematik und geographische Verbreitung der Steinkorallen. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abtheilung für Systematik, Biologie und Biogeographie der Tiere.</em> 3: 143-188, pl. 6. [details]
Depth range 77-710 m
Depth range 77-710 m [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S.; Samimi-Namin, K. (2026). World List of Scleractinia. Letepsammia superstes (Ortmann, 1888). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=290288 on 2026-08-28
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Stephanophyllia superstes Ortmann, 1888) Ortmann, A. (1888). Studien über Systematik und geographische Verbreitung der Steinkorallen. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abtheilung für Systematik, Biologie und Biogeographie der Tiere.</em> 3: 143-188, pl. 6. [details]
original description (of Stephanophyllia japonica Yabe & Eguchi, 1934 †) Yabe H, Eguchi M. (1934). Probable generic identity of Stephanophyllia Michelin and Micrabacia M. Edwards and J. Haime. <em>Proceedings of the Imperial Academy of Japan.</em> 10 (5): 278-281., available online at https://doi.org/10.2183/pjab1912.10.278 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Stephanophyllia japonica Yabe & Eguchi, 1934 †) Yabe H, Eguchi M. (1934). Probable generic identity of Stephanophyllia Michelin and Micrabacia M. Edwards and J. Haime. <em>Proceedings of the Imperial Academy of Japan.</em> 10 (5): 278-281., available online at https://doi.org/10.2183/pjab1912.10.278 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Cairns, Stephen (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. & H. Zibrowius. (1997). Cnidaria Anthozoa: Azooxanthellate Scleractinia from the Philippine and Indonesian regions. <em>in: Crosnier, A. et al. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 16. Campagne Franco-Indonésienne KARUBAR. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 172: 27-244. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (1995). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa. <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Memoir.</em> 103: 1-210.
page(s): 34-35, Plate 2, f -i [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (2004). The azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 56(3): 259-329., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.56.2004.1434 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (2009-2017). On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. <em>In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats.</em> Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
page(s): 34 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kitahara, M.V., Cairns, S.D. (2021). Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from New Caledonia. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 215:1-722. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Owens JM. (1994). Letepsammia franki, a new species of deepsea coral (Coelenterata: Scleractinia: Micrabaciidae). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 107 (4): 586-590.
page(s): 589 [details]
additional source Tachikawa, H. (2005). Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Hexacorallia, Anthozoa, Cnidaria) collected from Otsuki, Kochi prefecture, Japan. <em>Kuroshio Biosphere.</em> 2: 1-27. [details]
additional source UNEP-WCMC. (2012). Coral species, synonyms, and nomenclature references currently recognized in the UNEP-WCMC database. <em>CITES, Twenty-sixth Meeting of the Animals Committee.</em> Annex 6: 1-117., available online at https://cites.org/sites/default/files/common/com/ac/26/E26-20-A6.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. & H. Zibrowius. (1997). Cnidaria Anthozoa: Azooxanthellate Scleractinia from the Philippine and Indonesian regions. <em>in: Crosnier, A. et al. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 16. Campagne Franco-Indonésienne KARUBAR. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 172: 27-244. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cairns, S.D. (1995). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa. <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Memoir.</em> 103: 1-210.
page(s): 34-35, Plate 2, f -i [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cairns, S.D. (2004). The azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 56(3): 259-329., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.56.2004.1434 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cairns, S.D. (2009-2017). On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. <em>In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats.</em> Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
page(s): 34 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kitahara, M.V., Cairns, S.D. (2021). Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from New Caledonia. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 215:1-722. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Owens JM. (1994). Letepsammia franki, a new species of deepsea coral (Coelenterata: Scleractinia: Micrabaciidae). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 107 (4): 586-590.
page(s): 589 [details]
additional source Tachikawa, H. (2005). Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Hexacorallia, Anthozoa, Cnidaria) collected from Otsuki, Kochi prefecture, Japan. <em>Kuroshio Biosphere.</em> 2: 1-27. [details]
additional source UNEP-WCMC. (2012). Coral species, synonyms, and nomenclature references currently recognized in the UNEP-WCMC database. <em>CITES, Twenty-sixth Meeting of the Animals Committee.</em> Annex 6: 1-117., available online at https://cites.org/sites/default/files/common/com/ac/26/E26-20-A6.pdf [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype MNHN, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NMNZ CO226, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NZOI, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NZOI, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 1008202, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 94080, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 94081, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 94082, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 96730, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 96731, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 96732, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 96733, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology azooxanthellate [details]Depth range 77-710 m [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Letepsammia superstes)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Stephanophyllia superstes Ortmann, 1888)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (22 records)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Letepsammia superstes)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Stephanophyllia superstes Ortmann, 1888)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (22 records)
To ITIS
