Leptogorgia exigua

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| image = Lophogorgia exigua (YPM IZ 000789.CN).jpeg

| taxon = Leptogorgia exigua

| authority = Verrill, 1870

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Leptogorgia exigua is a coral species first described by Addison Emery Verrill in 1870.{{Cite web|title=Leptogorgia exigua Verrill, 1870|publisher=World Register of Marine Species|url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=517731|accessdate=February 17, 2014}} Verrill initially considered this species a diminutive variant of L. cuspidata, but ultimately decided to consider L. exigua a separate species.{{Cite book|page=552|title=Notes on the Radiata in the Museum of Yale College, with Descriptions of New Genera and Species|author=Addison Emery Verrill|author-link=Addison Emery Verrill|volume=2|publisher=Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences|year=1868}} It is native to the Pacific Ocean.{{Cite web|title=Ecosystems where Leptogorgia exigua occurs|publisher=SeaLifeBase|url=http://142.103.81.136/trophiceco/EcosysList.php?ID=152390&GenusName=Leptogorgia&SpeciesName=exigua|accessdate=February 17, 2014}}