Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Cnidaria > Class Anthozoa > Subclass Hexacorallia > Order Antipatharia > Family Leiopathidae > Genus Leiopathes

Leiopathes glaberrima (Esper, 1788)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Leiopathes*	Haime, 1849	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Antipathes glaberrima*		synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: smooth black coral

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Opresko, D.M. (2001). Antipatharia, 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. 109
additional source	Opresko, D. M. 2009. Antipatharia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 359–363 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications)
GenBank (2 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Leiopathes glaberrima (Esper, 1788). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103326