WoRMS taxon details
Leptocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850 †
508950 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:508950)
accepted
Genus
- Species Leptocyathus convexus Dennant, 1904 †
- Species Leptocyathus elegans Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850 †
- Species Leptocyathus epithecata Duncan, 1880 †
- Species Leptocyathus gracilis Duncan, 1870 †
- Species Leptocyathus hexacristatus Alloiteau, 1936 †
- Species Leptocyathus atalayensis (d'Archiac, 1847) † accepted as Trochocyathus atalayensis d'Archiac, 1847 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Leptocyathus halianthus Lindström, 1877 accepted as Deltocyathus halianthus (Lindström, 1877) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Leptocyathus stimpsoni Pourtalès, 1871 accepted as Peponocyathus stimpsonii (Pourtalès, 1871) (unaccepted > superseded combination, misspelling)
- Species Leptocyathus stimpsonii Pourtalès, 1871 accepted as Peponocyathus stimpsonii (Pourtalès, 1871) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1850-1854). A monograph of the British fossil Corals. The Palaeontographical Society, London. <em>Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society.</em> 1 : i-lxxxv, 1-72, pls. 1-11; 2: 73-146, pls. 12-30; 3: 147-210, pls. 31-46; 4: i-xvi, 211-244, pls. 47-56; 5: 245-322, pls. 57-72., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12089108 [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Leptocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=508950 on 2024-05-03
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original description
Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1850-1854). A monograph of the British fossil Corals. The Palaeontographical Society, London. <em>Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society.</em> 1 : i-lxxxv, 1-72, pls. 1-11; 2: 73-146, pls. 12-30; 3: 147-210, pls. 31-46; 4: i-xvi, 211-244, pls. 47-56; 5: 245-322, pls. 57-72., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12089108 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 2. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 631 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12403706 [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]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 2. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 631 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12403706 [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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Solitary, discoidal, free. Costosepta compact, exsert, finely granulated laterally. Pali opposite all cycles of septa, merging with papillose columella. Wall septothecal. [details]Remark In the past, a few Cretaceous forms were originally assigned to Leptocyathus. The forms known to the author are Leptocyathus gracilis Duncan, 1870, from the Lower Cretaceous to the Lowermost Upper Cretaceous of England, and Leptocyathus hexacristatus Alloiteau, 1936, from the Maastrichtian of Madagascar. Because, based on e.g. the appaerance of both very elongate paliform structures before all septal cycles and very smooth septal margins, Duncan's material seems to rather correspond to the genus Deltocyathus. In addition, recent studies carried out on the type material of Leptocyathus hexacristatus Alloiteau by Baron-Szabo (2008, p. 160) revealed that it corresponded to the taxon Paracycloseris nariensis (Duncan, 1880). Therefore, the occurrence of the genus Leptocyathus is most likely restricted to the Cenozoic. [details]
From other sources
Fossil range Eocene of England [details]
