Leptophyton van Ofwegen & Schleyer, 1997

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

GENUS

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

Name

Homonyms

Leptophyton van Ofwegen & Schleyer, 1997

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