Genus Leiopathes Haime, 1849

Museums

Regional Maps

• Leiopathes Haime, J. 1849. Sur le polypiéroïde d'un Leiopathes glaberrima. Annales des Sciences Naturelles 12: 224–226 [224].

  Type species:

   Antipathes glaberrima Esper, 1788 by original designation.
• Leiopathes Gray, J.E. 1840. Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum. London : G. Woodfall and Son 42nd Edn., 1st impression (16 October 1840), [iv] + 370 pp. [76] [nomen nudum].
• Leiopathes Gray, J.E. 1842. Synopsis of the Contents of the British Museum. London : British Museum 44th Edn., 304 pp. [135] [nomen nudum].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Opresko, D.M. 1998. Three new species of Leiopathes (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia) from Southern Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 31(1): 99-111 [100]

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32)

General References

Opresko, D.M. 1998. Three new species of Leiopathes (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia) from Southern Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 31(1): 99-111

History of changes