WoRMS taxon details
Leiopathes Haime, 1849
103305 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103305)
accepted
Genus
Leiopathes glaberrima (Esper, 1792) (type by original designation)
- Species Leiopathes acanthophora Opresko, 1998
- Species Leiopathes annosa Wagner & Opresko, 2015
- Species Leiopathes bullosa Opresko, 1998
- Species Leiopathes expansa Johnson, 1899
- Species Leiopathes glaberrima (Esper, 1792)
- Species Leiopathes grimaldii Roule, 1902
- Species Leiopathes montana Molodtsova, 2011
- Species Leiopathes secunda Opresko, 1998
- Species Leiopathes valdiviae (Pax, 1915)
- Species Leiopathes vetusta (Michelotti, 1838)
- Species Leiopathes boscii Lamouroux, 1816 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Leiopathes compressa (Esper, 1797) (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Leiopathes dichotoma (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Leiopathes glaberrima (Esper, 1792) (unaccepted > misapplication, misidentification)
- Species Leiopathes lamarcki Haime, 1849 accepted as Savaglia lamarcki (Haime, 1849) accepted as Savalia savaglia (Bertoloni, 1819) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Leiopathes lenta (Pourtalès, 1871) accepted as Antipathes lenta Pourtalès, 1871
marine, terrestrial
Haime, J. (1849). Sur les polypièroïde d'un Leiopathes glaberrima. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> Series 3, 12: 224–226., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13441023 [details]
Molodtsova, T.; Opresko, D. (2026). World List of Antipatharia. Leiopathes Haime, 1849. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103305 on 2026-03-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Haime, J. (1849). Sur les polypièroïde d'un Leiopathes glaberrima. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> Series 3, 12: 224–226., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13441023 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Opresko, D.M. (2001). Antipatharia, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 109 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Opresko, D.M. (2001). Antipatharia, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 109 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Molodtsova T.N. 2011. A new species of Leiopathes (Anthozoa: Antipatharia) from the Great Meteor seamount (North Atlantic). Zootaxa 3138: 52–64, available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3138.1.3 [details]
Other
additional source
Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Opresko D.M. 1998. Three new species of Leiopathes (Cnidaria:Anthozoa:Antipatharia) from southern Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum 31(1):99-111. [details]
additional source Wagner, D.; Opresko, D. M. (2015). Description of a new species of <em>Leiopathes</em> (Antipatharia: Leiopathidae) from the Hawaiian Islands. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3974(2): 277., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3974.2.11 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
[request]additional source Opresko D.M. 1998. Three new species of Leiopathes (Cnidaria:Anthozoa:Antipatharia) from southern Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum 31(1):99-111. [details]
additional source Wagner, D.; Opresko, D. M. (2015). Description of a new species of <em>Leiopathes</em> (Antipatharia: Leiopathidae) from the Hawaiian Islands. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3974(2): 277., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3974.2.11 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leiopathes)
To Genbank
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 037153)
To ITIS
To Genbank
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 037153)
To ITIS
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