Scleractinia taxon details
Leptopsammia pruvoti Lacaze-Duthiers, 1897
135193 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135193)
accepted
Species
Leptopsammia microcardia Döderlein, 1913 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Lacaze-Duthiers, H. (1897). Faune du Golfe de Lion. Coralliaires. Zoanthaires sclérodermés (Deuxième mémoire). <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale, Sér. 3.</em> 5: 1-249, pls. 1-12. [details] 
Depth range 3-150 m
Depth range 3-150 m [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Leptopsammia pruvoti Lacaze-Duthiers, 1897. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135193 on 2026-04-12
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Lacaze-Duthiers, H. (1897). Faune du Golfe de Lion. Coralliaires. Zoanthaires sclérodermés (Deuxième mémoire). <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale, Sér. 3.</em> 5: 1-249, pls. 1-12. [details]
original description (of Leptopsammia microcardia Döderlein, 1913) Döderlein L. (1913). Die Steinkorallen aus dem Golf von Neapel. <em>Mitteilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel.</em> 21: 105-152, pls. 7-9. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., Hoeksema, B.W., and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, <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. 109-110 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Gili, J.M., 1982. Fauna de cnidaris de les illes Medes. Treballs Inst. Cat. Hist. nat. 10 : 1-175.
page(s): 131 fig. 62 F, 135 fig. 63 J, 139 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
page(s): 27 [details] Available for editors
additional source Bianchi, C.N., Cocito S., Ferdeghini F., Peirano A., Sgorbini S., Aliani S., De Biasi A.M., Boyer M., Pestarino M., Balduzzi A., Pansini M. Morri C. , 1999. Biodiversità dell'epifauna sessile in un'isola del Mar Egeo: Milos, Cicladi. Biol. Mar. Medit. 6 1: 179-183.
page(s): 181 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (2009-2017). On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. <em>In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats.</em> Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [details]
additional source Döderlein L. (1913). Die Steinkorallen aus dem Golf von Neapel. <em>Mitteilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel.</em> 21: 105-152, pls. 7-9. [details]
additional source Arrigoni R, Kitano YF, Stolarski J, Hoeksema BW, Fukami H, Stefani F, Galli P, Montano S, Castoldi E, Benzoni F. (2014). A phylogeny reconstruction of the Dendrophylliidae (Cnidaria, Scleractinia) based on molecular and micromorphological criteria, and its ecological implications. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 43 (6): 661-688., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12072 [details]
additional source Chevalier J-P. (1966). Contribution à l'étude des Madréporaires des côtes occidentales de l'Afrique tropicale (1re partie). <em>Bulletin de l'Institute Fondamental d'Afrique Noire. Series A: Sciences Naturelles.</em> 28 (3): 912-975, pls. 1-5. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Brito A, Ocaña O. (2004). Corals of the Canary Islands. Skeleton anthozoans of the littoral and deep bottoms. <em>Francisco Lemus, La Laguna.</em> 1-477 pp. [details]
additional source Abel, E.F. (1959). Zur Kenntnis der marinen Höhlenfauna unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Anthozoen. <em>Pubblicazioni della Stazione Zoologica di Napoli.</em> 30 (Suppl. 1): 1-94.
page(s): 42 [details]
additional source Kružić P. (2002). Marine fauna of the Mljet National Park (Adriatic Sea, Croatia). 1. Anthozoa. <em>Natura Croatica.</em> 11: 265-292. [details]
additional source Rossi L. (1957). Revisione critica dei Madreporarii del Mar Ligure. <em>Doriana.</em> 2 (76): 1-19, pls. 1-4.
page(s): 2, 3, 15-16 [details]
additional source Goffredo, S.; Radetić, J.; Airi, V.; Zaccanti, F. (2005). Sexual reproduction of the solitary sunset cup coral Leptopsammia pruvoti (Scleractinia: Dendrophylliidae) in the Mediterranean. 1. Morphological aspects of the gametogenesis and ontogenesis. Marine Biology, 147, 485-495, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-005-1567-z
page(s): 485-493 [details]
additional source Rossi, L. (1961). Études sur le seuil Siculo -Tunisien. 6. Madréporaires. Campagne de la Calypso (août-septembre 1954). Annales de l'Institute Oceanographique, 5, 169-173
page(s): 43-44, 46, 47 [details]
additional source Zibrowius, H.; Grieshaber, A. (1977). Scléractinaires de l'Adriatique. Tethys, 7, 4, 375-384
page(s): 381-382, 383 [details] Available for editors
additional source Teissier, G. (1965). Inventaire de la faune marine de Roscoff. Station Biologique de Roscoff. Roscoff., pp. 62.
page(s): 53 [details]
additional source Best MB. (1969). Étude systématique et écologique des madréporaires de la région de Banyuls-sur-Mer (Pyrénées-Orientales). <em>Vie et Milieu.</em> 20, A, 2, 293-325.
page(s): 318-319, 320 [details]
additional source Zibrowius, H.; Saldanha, L. (1976). Sclératiniaires récoltés en plongée au Portugal et dans les archipels de Madère et des Açores. Boletim da Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciencias Naturais, 16, 91-114
page(s): 92, 93, 94, 102, 106 [details]
additional source Rossi, L. (1956). Osservazioni ecologiche su alcuni Antozoi del golfo di Genova. Bollettino di Zoologia, 23(2): 237-246, available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/11250005609439234
page(s): 238-241, 243, 245, 246 [details]
additional source Schmidt, H. (1972). Bionomische studien an Mediterranen Anthozoen: die Anthozoenfauna des Strombolicchio (Äolische Inseln). Marine Biology, 15, 265-278, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00383557
page(s): 271, 274 [details]
additional source Kühlmann, D. H. H. (2006). Die Steinkorallensammlung im Naturhistorischen Museum in Rudolstadt (Thüringen) nebst ökologischen Bemerkungen. Rudolstädter Naturhistorische Schriften, 13, 37-113
page(s): 64, 105, 112 [details]
additional source Joubin L. (1927). Leptopsammia pruvoti (Lacaze-Duthiers 1897). <em>In: (1927-1930) Faune et flore de la Méditerranée. Hexcorallia.</em> 1 sheet: 2 pages. [details]
additional source Duclaux G, Lafargue F. (1972). Madréporaires de Méditerranée occidentale. Recherche des Zooxanthelles symbiontiques. Compléments morphologiques et écologiques. <em>Vie et Milieu.</em> 23 (1A): 45-63. [details]
additional source Boscari, E.; Abbiati, M.; Badalamenti, F.; Bavestrello, G.; Benedetti‐Cecchi, L.; Cannas, R.; Cau, A.; Cerrano, C.; Chimienti, G.; Costantini, F.; Fraschetti, S.; Ingrosso, G.; Marino, I. A. M.; Mastrototaro, F.; Papetti, C.; Paterno, M.; Ponti, M.; Zane, L.; Congiu, L. (2019). A population genomics insight by 2b‐RAD reveals populations' uniqueness along the Italian coastline in <i>Leptopsammia pruvoti</i> (Scleractinia, Dendrophylliidae). <em>Diversity and Distributions.</em> 25(7): 1101-1117., available online at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ddi.12918 [details]
redescription Zibrowius H. (1980). Les scléractiniaires de la Méditerranée et de l'Atlantique nord-oriental. <em>Mémoires de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco.</em> 11: 1-284, pls. 1-117. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 191 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Leptopsammia microcardia Döderlein, 1913) Döderlein L. (1913). Die Steinkorallen aus dem Golf von Neapel. <em>Mitteilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel.</em> 21: 105-152, pls. 7-9. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., Hoeksema, B.W., and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, <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. 109-110 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Gili, J.M., 1982. Fauna de cnidaris de les illes Medes. Treballs Inst. Cat. Hist. nat. 10 : 1-175.
page(s): 131 fig. 62 F, 135 fig. 63 J, 139 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
page(s): 27 [details] Available for editors
additional source Bianchi, C.N., Cocito S., Ferdeghini F., Peirano A., Sgorbini S., Aliani S., De Biasi A.M., Boyer M., Pestarino M., Balduzzi A., Pansini M. Morri C. , 1999. Biodiversità dell'epifauna sessile in un'isola del Mar Egeo: Milos, Cicladi. Biol. Mar. Medit. 6 1: 179-183.
page(s): 181 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (2009-2017). On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. <em>In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats.</em> Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [details]
additional source Döderlein L. (1913). Die Steinkorallen aus dem Golf von Neapel. <em>Mitteilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel.</em> 21: 105-152, pls. 7-9. [details]
additional source Arrigoni R, Kitano YF, Stolarski J, Hoeksema BW, Fukami H, Stefani F, Galli P, Montano S, Castoldi E, Benzoni F. (2014). A phylogeny reconstruction of the Dendrophylliidae (Cnidaria, Scleractinia) based on molecular and micromorphological criteria, and its ecological implications. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 43 (6): 661-688., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12072 [details]
additional source Chevalier J-P. (1966). Contribution à l'étude des Madréporaires des côtes occidentales de l'Afrique tropicale (1re partie). <em>Bulletin de l'Institute Fondamental d'Afrique Noire. Series A: Sciences Naturelles.</em> 28 (3): 912-975, pls. 1-5. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Brito A, Ocaña O. (2004). Corals of the Canary Islands. Skeleton anthozoans of the littoral and deep bottoms. <em>Francisco Lemus, La Laguna.</em> 1-477 pp. [details]
additional source Abel, E.F. (1959). Zur Kenntnis der marinen Höhlenfauna unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Anthozoen. <em>Pubblicazioni della Stazione Zoologica di Napoli.</em> 30 (Suppl. 1): 1-94.
page(s): 42 [details]
additional source Kružić P. (2002). Marine fauna of the Mljet National Park (Adriatic Sea, Croatia). 1. Anthozoa. <em>Natura Croatica.</em> 11: 265-292. [details]
additional source Rossi L. (1957). Revisione critica dei Madreporarii del Mar Ligure. <em>Doriana.</em> 2 (76): 1-19, pls. 1-4.
page(s): 2, 3, 15-16 [details]
additional source Goffredo, S.; Radetić, J.; Airi, V.; Zaccanti, F. (2005). Sexual reproduction of the solitary sunset cup coral Leptopsammia pruvoti (Scleractinia: Dendrophylliidae) in the Mediterranean. 1. Morphological aspects of the gametogenesis and ontogenesis. Marine Biology, 147, 485-495, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-005-1567-z
page(s): 485-493 [details]
additional source Rossi, L. (1961). Études sur le seuil Siculo -Tunisien. 6. Madréporaires. Campagne de la Calypso (août-septembre 1954). Annales de l'Institute Oceanographique, 5, 169-173
page(s): 43-44, 46, 47 [details]
additional source Zibrowius, H.; Grieshaber, A. (1977). Scléractinaires de l'Adriatique. Tethys, 7, 4, 375-384
page(s): 381-382, 383 [details] Available for editors
additional source Teissier, G. (1965). Inventaire de la faune marine de Roscoff. Station Biologique de Roscoff. Roscoff., pp. 62.
page(s): 53 [details]
additional source Best MB. (1969). Étude systématique et écologique des madréporaires de la région de Banyuls-sur-Mer (Pyrénées-Orientales). <em>Vie et Milieu.</em> 20, A, 2, 293-325.
page(s): 318-319, 320 [details]
additional source Zibrowius, H.; Saldanha, L. (1976). Sclératiniaires récoltés en plongée au Portugal et dans les archipels de Madère et des Açores. Boletim da Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciencias Naturais, 16, 91-114
page(s): 92, 93, 94, 102, 106 [details]
additional source Rossi, L. (1956). Osservazioni ecologiche su alcuni Antozoi del golfo di Genova. Bollettino di Zoologia, 23(2): 237-246, available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/11250005609439234
page(s): 238-241, 243, 245, 246 [details]
additional source Schmidt, H. (1972). Bionomische studien an Mediterranen Anthozoen: die Anthozoenfauna des Strombolicchio (Äolische Inseln). Marine Biology, 15, 265-278, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00383557
page(s): 271, 274 [details]
additional source Kühlmann, D. H. H. (2006). Die Steinkorallensammlung im Naturhistorischen Museum in Rudolstadt (Thüringen) nebst ökologischen Bemerkungen. Rudolstädter Naturhistorische Schriften, 13, 37-113
page(s): 64, 105, 112 [details]
additional source Joubin L. (1927). Leptopsammia pruvoti (Lacaze-Duthiers 1897). <em>In: (1927-1930) Faune et flore de la Méditerranée. Hexcorallia.</em> 1 sheet: 2 pages. [details]
additional source Duclaux G, Lafargue F. (1972). Madréporaires de Méditerranée occidentale. Recherche des Zooxanthelles symbiontiques. Compléments morphologiques et écologiques. <em>Vie et Milieu.</em> 23 (1A): 45-63. [details]
additional source Boscari, E.; Abbiati, M.; Badalamenti, F.; Bavestrello, G.; Benedetti‐Cecchi, L.; Cannas, R.; Cau, A.; Cerrano, C.; Chimienti, G.; Costantini, F.; Fraschetti, S.; Ingrosso, G.; Marino, I. A. M.; Mastrototaro, F.; Papetti, C.; Paterno, M.; Ponti, M.; Zane, L.; Congiu, L. (2019). A population genomics insight by 2b‐RAD reveals populations' uniqueness along the Italian coastline in <i>Leptopsammia pruvoti</i> (Scleractinia, Dendrophylliidae). <em>Diversity and Distributions.</em> 25(7): 1101-1117., available online at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ddi.12918 [details]
redescription Zibrowius H. (1980). Les scléractiniaires de la Méditerranée et de l'Atlantique nord-oriental. <em>Mémoires de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco.</em> 11: 1-284, pls. 1-117. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 191 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype NMSR 9094, geounit Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NMSR 9095, geounit Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology azooxanthellate [details]Depth range 3-150 m [details]
Ecology one of the most common organisms in semi-enclosed rocky habitats, under overhangs, in caverns and small crevices at 0–70 m depth [details]
Unreviewed
Habitat shelf [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | sunset star coralsunset cup-coralsunset cup coral | [details] |
| German | gelbe Nelkenkoralle | [details] |
| Italian | madrepora gialla | [details] |
| Spanish | corallo solitario giallocoral solitario amarillo | [details] |
BIOTIC
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Leptopsammia microcardia Döderlein, 1913)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leptopsammia pruvoti)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (358 records)
To ITIS
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Leptopsammia microcardia Döderlein, 1913)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leptopsammia pruvoti)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (358 records)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
