WoRMS taxon details
Leptoseris troglodyta Hoeksema, 2012
708972 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:708972)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Hoeksema, B. W. (2012). Forever in the dark: the cave-dwelling azooxanthellate reef coral Leptoseris troglodyta sp. n. (Scleractinia, Agariciidae). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 228, 21-37., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.228.3798 [details]
Depth range 10-90 m
Depth range 10-90 m [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Leptoseris troglodyta Hoeksema, 2012. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=708972 on 2025-12-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Hoeksema, B. W. (2012). Forever in the dark: the cave-dwelling azooxanthellate reef coral Leptoseris troglodyta sp. n. (Scleractinia, Agariciidae). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 228, 21-37., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.228.3798 [details]
Other
additional source
Waheed Z, Benzoni F, van der Meij SET; Terraneo TI, Hoeksema BW. (2015). Scleractinian corals (Fungiidae, Agariciidae and Euphylliidae) of Pulau Layang-Layang, Spratly Islands, with a note on Pavona maldivensis (Gardiner, 1905). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 517: 1-37., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.517.9308 [details]
additional source Pichon, M.; Rouzé, H.; Barathieu, G.; Konieczny, O.; Adjeroud, M.; Thomassin, B. (2020). Extension of the known distribution of the scleractinian coral <i>Leptoseris troglodyta</i> to the southwestern Indian Ocean: new record from mesophotic caves in Mayotte. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 96(4): 783-784., available online at https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2020.0009 [details]
additional source Pichon, M.; Rouzé, H.; Barathieu, G.; Konieczny, O.; Adjeroud, M.; Thomassin, B. (2020). Extension of the known distribution of the scleractinian coral <i>Leptoseris troglodyta</i> to the southwestern Indian Ocean: new record from mesophotic caves in Mayotte. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 96(4): 783-784., available online at https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2020.0009 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
