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Lepidisis Verrill, 1883 
AphiaID: 125307

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Octocorallia (Subclass) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Calcaxonia (Suborder) > Isididae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Isididae Lamouroux, 1812
Sources  basis of record: van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 104-105 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

additional source: Williams, G.; Sánchez, J. (2009). Octocorallia (Cnidaria). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

All child
taxa
[hide all]		 Species Lepidisis caryophyllia Verrill, 1883
Species Lepidisis cyanae Grasshoff, 1986
Species Lepidisis evalinae Bayer, 1989
Species Lepidisis inermis Studer, 1894
Species Lepidisis longiflora Verrill, 1883
Species Lepidisis macrospiculata (Kükenthal, 1919)
Species Lepidisis nuda (Wright & Studer, 1889)
Species Lepidisis olapa Muzik, 1978
Species Lepidisis rigida (Kükenthal, 1919)
Species Lepidisis simplex (Verrill, 1883)
Species Lepidisis solitaria Grant, 1976

Species Lepidisis vitrea Verrill, 1883 accepted as Lepidisis caryophyllia Verrill, 1883
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
Note  Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125307
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van Ofwegen, Leen
2006-09-13 06:47:38Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2010-09-17 06:17:46Z  checked  van Ofwegen, Leen
  
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  Citation: van Ofwegen, L. (2013). Lepidisis Verrill, 1883. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125307 on 2013-05-20
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