WoRMS taxon details
Leptopenus Moseley, 1880
173386 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:173386)
accepted
Genus
Leptopenus discus Moseley, 1880 (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Leptopenus antarcticus Cairns, 1989
- Species Leptopenus discus Moseley, 1880
- Species Leptopenus hypocoelus Moseley, 1880
- Species Leptopenus solidus Keller, 1977
- Species Leptopenus irinae Keller, 1977 accepted as Leptopenus discus Moseley, 1880 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Moseley, H.N. (1881 [1880]). Report on certain hydroid, alcyonarian, and madreporarian corals procured during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, in the years 1873–1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 2 (part 7): 1-248, pl. Hydrocorallinae 1-14, Helioporidae 1-2, Madreporaria 1-16., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-07/README.htm [details]
Depth range 221-5000 m
Depth range 221-5000 m [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Leptopenus Moseley, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=173386 on 2025-07-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Moseley, H.N. (1881 [1880]). Report on certain hydroid, alcyonarian, and madreporarian corals procured during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, in the years 1873–1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 2 (part 7): 1-248, pl. Hydrocorallinae 1-14, Helioporidae 1-2, Madreporaria 1-16., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-07/README.htm [details]
basis of record Wells JW. (1936). The nomenclature and type species of some genera of recent and fossil corals. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> 31: 97-134., available online at https://ajsonline.org/article/61464 [details]
basis of record Wells JW. (1936). The nomenclature and type species of some genera of recent and fossil corals. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> 31: 97-134., available online at https://ajsonline.org/article/61464 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Cairns, S.D. (1989). A revision of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Philippine Islands and adjacent waters, Part 1: Fungiacyathidae, Micrabaciidae, Turbinoliinae, Guyniidae, and Flabellidae. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 486: 1-136. [details] Available for editors 
[request]
[request]Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., R. Baron-Szabo, A.F. Budd, B. Lathuilière, E. Roniewicz, J. Stolarski & K.G. Johnson. (2010). Corallosphere. , available online at http://www.corallosphere.org [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]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (2001). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Dendrophylliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 615: 1-75., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.615 [details] Available for editors [request]
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)
page(s): 37, 43, 44, 60, 210, fig. 2 e-f [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Daly, M.M., Fautin D.G., Cappola V.A., 2003. Systematics of the Hexacorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 139 3: 419-437.
page(s): 430 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (1982). Antarctic and Subantarctic Scleractinia. <em>Antarctic Research Series.</em> 34: 1-74.
page(s): 9-10, Plate 2, figs. 1-3 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Baron-Szabo, R.C. & S.D. Cairns. (2017). Part F, Revised, Volume 2, Chapter 11: Systematic descriptions of the Scleractinia Family Micrabaciidae. <em>Treatise Online, Paleontological Institute, University of Kansas, USA.</em> 98: 1-8., available online at https://doi.org/10.17161/to.v0i0.6671 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source den Hartog, J. C. (1980). Caribbean Shallow Water Corallimorpharia. Zoologische Verhandelingen, (176): 83 pp.
page(s): 72 [details]
additional source Dunn, D. F. (1982). Cnidaria. McGraw-Hill Book Company. New York and other cities., volume 1, pp. 669-706
page(s): 703 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., R. Baron-Szabo, A.F. Budd, B. Lathuilière, E. Roniewicz, J. Stolarski & K.G. Johnson. (2010). Corallosphere. , available online at http://www.corallosphere.org [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]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (2001). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Dendrophylliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 615: 1-75., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.615 [details] Available for editors
[request]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)
page(s): 37, 43, 44, 60, 210, fig. 2 e-f [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Daly, M.M., Fautin D.G., Cappola V.A., 2003. Systematics of the Hexacorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 139 3: 419-437.
page(s): 430 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cairns, S.D. (1982). Antarctic and Subantarctic Scleractinia. <em>Antarctic Research Series.</em> 34: 1-74.
page(s): 9-10, Plate 2, figs. 1-3 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Baron-Szabo, R.C. & S.D. Cairns. (2017). Part F, Revised, Volume 2, Chapter 11: Systematic descriptions of the Scleractinia Family Micrabaciidae. <em>Treatise Online, Paleontological Institute, University of Kansas, USA.</em> 98: 1-8., available online at https://doi.org/10.17161/to.v0i0.6671 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source den Hartog, J. C. (1980). Caribbean Shallow Water Corallimorpharia. Zoologische Verhandelingen, (176): 83 pp.
page(s): 72 [details]
additional source Dunn, D. F. (1982). Cnidaria. McGraw-Hill Book Company. New York and other cities., volume 1, pp. 669-706
page(s): 703 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype MNHN, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 81747, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 46916 [details]
Unknown type USNM 47479, geounit Antarctica [details]
Unknown type USNM 47480, geounit Overlapping claim South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: United Kingdom / Argentina [details]
Unknown type USNM 47481, geounit Antarctica [details]
Unknown type USNM 47482, geounit Antarctica [details]
Unknown type USNM 47483, geounit Antarctica [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology azooxanthellate [details]Comparison Similar to Letepsammia, but differing in having highly reduced (porous) septa. [details]
Depth range 221-5000 m [details]
Diagnosis Corallum extremely fragile and highly porous; costae composed of thin dentate ridges that extend far beyond the calice to form a delicate marginal shelf; septa rudimentary, composed primarily of a series if tall spines; synapticulae absent; columella spiny. [details]
Remark The genus, consisting of four exclusively Recent species, was revised by Cairns (1989). Except for Fungiacyathus, this is the deepest living scleractinian coral. [details]
Type designation Subsequent designation by Wells (1936) [details]
