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Litophyton Forskål, 1775

204523  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204523)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Octocorallia (Class)
  6. Malacalcyonacea (Order)
  7. Nephtheidae (Family)
  8. Litophyton (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Ammicella Gray, 1869 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lithophyton Forskål, 1775 · unaccepted (variant spelling)
Lithophytum Forskål, 1775 · unaccepted (variant spelling)
Nephthea Audouin, 1828 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nephthya Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted (synonym, variant spelling)
Nephtya · unaccepted (lapsus, misspelled in Van Beneden, 1867)

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  1. Species Litophyton acuticonicum (Verseveldt, 1974)
  2. Species Litophyton acutum van Ofwegen, 2020
  3. Species Litophyton amboinensis (Burchardt, 1898)
  4. Species Litophyton amentaceum (Studer, 1895)
  5. Species Litophyton arboreum Forskål, 1775
  6. Species Litophyton armatum Kükenthal, 1903
  7. Species Litophyton bayeri (Verseveldt, 1966)
  8. Species Litophyton bedfordi (Shann, 1912)
  9. Species Litophyton brachiatum van Ofwegen, 2020
  10. Species Litophyton brassicum (Kükenthal, 1903)
  11. Species Litophyton brewerensis van Ofwegen, 2020
  12. Species Litophyton bumastum (Verseveldt, 1973)
  13. Species Litophyton burfordensis van Ofwegen, 2020
  14. Species Litophyton capnelliformis (Thomson & Dean, 1931)
  15. Species Litophyton carnatum van Ofwegen, 2020
  16. Species Litophyton cervispiculosum (Thomson & Dean, 1931)
  17. Species Litophyton chabrolii (Audouin, 1828)
  18. Species Litophyton cockburnensis van Ofwegen, 2020
  19. Species Litophyton columnaris (Studer, 1895)
  20. Species Litophyton compactum (Verseveldt, 1966)
  21. Species Litophyton concinnum (Kükenthal, 1905)
  22. Species Litophyton corallinum (Kükenthal, 1910)
  23. Species Litophyton crassum (Kükenthal, 1903)
  24. Species Litophyton cupressiformis (Kükenthal, 1903)
  25. Species Litophyton curvum van Ofwegen, 2016
  26. Species Litophyton darleyensis van Ofwegen, 2020
  27. Species Litophyton daviesensis van Ofwegen, 2020
  28. Species Litophyton debilis (Kükenthal, 1895)
  29. Species Litophyton digitatum (Wright & Studer, 1889)
  30. Species Litophyton dipensis van Ofwegen, 2020
  31. Species Litophyton elfordensis van Ofwegen, 2020
  32. Species Litophyton elongatum (Kükenthal, 1895)
  33. Species Litophyton erectum (Kükenthal, 1903)
  34. Species Litophyton erinaceum Kükenthal, 1905
  35. Species Litophyton filamentosum (Verseveldt, 1973)
  36. Species Litophyton folium van Ofwegen, 2020
  37. Species Litophyton formosanum Kükenthal, 1903
  38. Species Litophyton fusum van Ofwegen, 2020
  39. Species Litophyton globulosum (May, 1899)
  40. Species Litophyton graafae van Ofwegen, 2020
  41. Species Litophyton gracillimum (Thomson & Dean, 1931)
  42. Species Litophyton grandis van Ofwegen, 2020
  43. Species Litophyton griseum (Kükenthal, 1895)
  44. Species Litophyton horseshoeensis van Ofwegen, 2020
  45. Species Litophyton indicum Thomson & Henderson, 1906
  46. Species Litophyton juniperum (Thomson & Dean, 1931)
  47. Species Litophyton laevis (Kükenthal, 1913)
  48. Species Litophyton lanternarium (Verseveldt, 1973)
  49. Species Litophyton legiopolypum (Verseveldt & Alderslade, 1982)
  50. Species Litophyton lighti Roxas, 1933
  51. Species Litophyton maldivensis (Hickson, 1905)
  52. Species Litophyton mollis (Macfadyen, 1936)
  53. Species Litophyton myrmidonensis van Ofwegen, 2020
  54. Species Litophyton nigrum (Kükenthal, 1895)
  55. Species Litophyton obtusum van Ofwegen, 2020
  56. Species Litophyton orientale Roxas, 1933
  57. Species Litophyton oxleyensis van Ofwegen, 2020
  58. Species Litophyton pacificum (Kükenthal, 1903)
  59. Species Litophyton pandoraensis van Ofwegen, 2020
  60. Species Litophyton philippinensis Light, 1915
  61. Species Litophyton projectum van Ofwegen, 2020
  62. Species Litophyton pseudorowleyensis van Ofwegen, 2020
  63. Species Litophyton pyramidalis (Kükenthal, 1895)
  64. Species Litophyton ramosum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
  65. Species Litophyton rigidum Light, 1915
  66. Species Litophyton rowleyensis van Ofwegen, 2020
  67. Species Litophyton sanctuaryensis van Ofwegen, 2020
  68. Species Litophyton savignyi (Ehrenberg, 1834)
  69. Species Litophyton setoensis (Utinomi, 1954)
  70. Species Litophyton sibogae (Thomson & Dean, 1931)
  71. Species Litophyton simplex van Ofwegen, 2020
  72. Species Litophyton simulatum (Verseveldt, 1970)
  73. Species Litophyton snakeensis van Ofwegen, 2020
  74. Species Litophyton sphaerophorum (Kükenthal, 1903)
  75. Species Litophyton spinulosum van Ofwegen, 2020
  76. Species Litophyton squamatum van Ofwegen, 2020
  77. Species Litophyton striatum (Kükenthal, 1903)
  78. Species Litophyton swainensis van Ofwegen, 2020
  79. Species Litophyton tenuis (Kükenthal, 1895)
  80. Species Litophyton territoryensis van Ofwegen, 2020
  81. Species Litophyton thujarium (Kükenthal, 1903)
  82. Species Litophyton tongaensis (Kükenthal, 1903)
  83. Species Litophyton verrucosum van Ofwegen, 2020
  84. Species Litophyton viridis (May, 1898)
  85. Species Litophyton acutifolium Kükenthal, 1913 accepted as Litophyton viridis (May, 1898) (synonym)
  86. Species Litophyton albida (Holm, 1894) accepted as Litophyton savignyi (Ehrenberg, 1834) (synonym)
  87. Species Litophyton arvispiculosa (Thomson & Dean, 1931) accepted as Litophyton cervispiculosum (Thomson & Dean, 1931) (misspelling)
  88. Species Litophyton carnosum (Kükenthal, 1895) accepted as Lemnalia carnosa (Kükenthal, 1895) (changed combination)
  89. Species Litophyton cervispiculosa (Thomson & Dean, 1931) accepted as Litophyton cervispiculosum (Thomson & Dean, 1931)
  90. Species Litophyton chabrolii (Andouin, 1828) accepted as Litophyton chabrolii (Audouin, 1828) (lapsus, authority misspelled in Ofwegen, 2016)
  91. Species Litophyton confertum Kükenthal, 1903 accepted as Klyxum confertum (Kükenthal, 1903) (original combination)
  92. Species Litophyton crosslandi Thomson & McQueen, 1908 accepted as Litophyton viridis (May, 1898) (synonym)
  93. Species Litophyton fulvum Forskål, 1775 accepted as Rhytisma fulvum (Forskål, 1775) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  94. Species Litophyton graeffei (Kükenthal, 1896) accepted as Umbellulifera graeffei (Kükenthal, 1896) (changed combination)
  95. Species Litophyton liltvedi Verseveldt & Williams, 1988 accepted as Pseudonephthea liltvedi (Verseveldt & Williams, 1988) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  96. Species Litophyton rubrum (Kükenthal, 1910) accepted as Chromonephthea rubra (Kükenthal, 1910) (changed combination)
  97. Species Litophyton sanderi (May, 1899) accepted as Litophyton viridis (May, 1898) (synonym)
  98. Species Litophyton stuhlmanni (May, 1898) accepted as Litophyton viridis (May, 1898) (synonym)
  99. Species Litophyton viscidum Utinomi, 1954 accepted as Klyxum viscidum (Utinomi, 1954) (original combination)
marine, terrestrial
Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 139 [details] OpenAccess publication
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Litophyton Forskål, 1775. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204523 on 2024-11-21
Date
action
by
1998-11-13 11:41:50Z
created
Fondo, Esther
2010-09-15 12:49:54Z
changed
van Ofwegen, Leen
2013-10-18 12:39:18Z
changed
van Ofwegen, Leen
2016-04-22 09:18:44Z
changed
van Ofwegen, Leen

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original description Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 139 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Nephthea Audouin, 1828) Audouin, J. V. (1826). Explication sommaire des planches de polypes de l'Egypte et de la Syrie, publiees par Jules-Cesar Savigny. <em>In: Audouin, J. V. (editor) Description de l'Egypte, ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Egypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française ... Histoire naturelle, (Imprimerie Impériale, Paris).</em> 1(4): 225-244., available online at https://books.google.be/books?id=oU2CuZ_FuKwC&dq=Explication%20sommaire%20des%20planches%20de%20polypes%20de%20l'Egypte%20et%20de%20la%20Syrie%2C%20publiees%20par%20Jules-Cesar%20Savigny.&pg=PA40#v=onepage&q=Audouin,%20J.%20V.&f=false
page(s): 49 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Lithophyton Forskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Nephthya Ehrenberg, 1834) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862 [details] 

original description (of Ammicella Gray, 1869) Gray, J.E. (1869). Notes on the fleshy alcyonoid corals (Alcyonium, Linn., or Zoophytaria carnosa). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 4.</em> 3(13-18): 117-131., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24740479
page(s): 123 [details] 

taxonomy source van Ofwegen, L.P. (2016). The genus Litophyton Forskål, 1775 (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea, Nephtheidae) in the Red Sea and the western Indian Ocean. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 567: 1-128., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.567.7212 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

basis of record Williams, G.C. (1992). Biogeography of the octocorallian coelenterate fauna of southern Africa. <em>Biol. J. Linn. Soc.</em> 46: 351-401. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Fabricius, K.; Alderslade, P. (2001). Soft Corals and Sea Fans: A Comprehensive Guide to the Shallow-water Genera of the Central-West Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville.</em> pp. 264.
page(s): iv, v, 45, 50, 51, 104, 106-107, 108, 120, 124, 134 [details] 

additional source Williams, G. C. (1989). A review of recent research on the sublittoral coral reefs of northern Natal with a provisional assessment of findings regarding the distribution of octocorals on Two-Mile Reef, Sodwana Bay. South African Journal of Science, 85, 140-141
page(s): 140 [details] 

additional source Williams, G. C. (1993). Coral Reef Octocorals: An Illustrated Guide to the Soft Corals, Sea Fans and Sea Pens Inhabiting the Coral Reefs of Northern Natal. Durban Natural Science Museum. Durban., pp. 63.
page(s): 12 [details] 

additional source Benayahu, Y.; Shlagman, A.; Schleyer, M. H. (2003). Corals of the south-west Indian Ocean: VI. The Alcyonacea (Octocorallia) of Mozambique, with a discussion on soft coral distribution on south equatorial East African reefs. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 345, 49-57
page(s): 53 [details] 
 
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Diagnosis Nephtheids with bushy and arborescent colonies. Polyps clustered at the end of the terminal branches, forming catkins. Polyps non-retractile, without or with supporting bundle, sometimes completely unarmed. Sclerites of surface layer of branches, stem and stalk are spindles and unilateral spinose spindles, the colony stalk also contains capstans and derivatives of capstans. Interior of the stalk has sparsely tuberculated spindles. Colonies zooxantellate [details]

Spelling Because of the synonymy of Nephthea with Litophyton, for many species a spelling emendation needed to be made to comply with ICZN Art. 31.2 in relation to gender agreement between generic and species names. [details]
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LanguageName 
Japanese ヤナギトサカ属チヂミトサカ属 [from synonym]  [details]
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Nephthea Audouin, 1828)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Litophyton) 
To Genbank (from synonym Nephthea Audouin, 1828)
To Genbank 
Unreviewed
Litophyton arboreum Broccoli coral1 DMS
Litophyton arboreum Broccoli coral1 DMS
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Litophyton arboreum Broccoli coral1 DMS
Litophyton arboreum Broccoli coral1 DMS
Image from typetaxon
Litophyton arboreum Broccoli coral3 DMS
Litophyton arboreum Broccoli coral3 DMS
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