Leptophyton benayahui van Ofwegen & Schleyer, 1997

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

SPECIES

Published in

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. The Oceanographic Research Institute, Report 71, pp. 1–12. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=341711

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Cnidaria

class

Anthozoa

order

Malacalcyonacea

family

Leptophytidae

genus

Leptophyton

species

Leptophyton benayahui

Name

Homonyms

Leptophyton benayahui van Ofwegen & Schleyer, 1997

Bibliographic References

1. 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.
2. 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. 10.11646/zootaxa.4363.4.1
3. 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.
4. van Ofwegen, L.P., S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms.