WoRMS taxon details
Lobophytum varium Tixier-Durivault, 1970
288818 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:288818)
accepted
Species
Lobophytum spissum Tixier-Durivault, 1970 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Tixier-Durivault, A. (1970). Les Octocoralliaires de Nouvelle-Calédonie. <em>L'Expédition française sur les récifs coralliens de la Nouvelle-Calédonie organisée sous l'égide de la fondation Singer-Polignac 1960-1963.</em> 4: 171-350.
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McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Lobophytum varium Tixier-Durivault, 1970. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=288818 on 2025-04-11
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Tixier-Durivault, A. (1970). Les Octocoralliaires de Nouvelle-Calédonie. <em>L'Expédition française sur les récifs coralliens de la Nouvelle-Calédonie organisée sous l'égide de la fondation Singer-Polignac 1960-1963.</em> 4: 171-350.
page(s): 221-222 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Lobophytum spissum Tixier-Durivault, 1970) Tixier-Durivault, A. (1970). Les Octocoralliaires de Nouvelle-Calédonie. <em>L'Expédition française sur les récifs coralliens de la Nouvelle-Calédonie organisée sous l'égide de la fondation Singer-Polignac 1960-1963.</em> 4: 171-350.
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basis of record van Ofwegen, L.P., S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 221-222 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Lobophytum spissum Tixier-Durivault, 1970) Tixier-Durivault, A. (1970). Les Octocoralliaires de Nouvelle-Calédonie. <em>L'Expédition française sur les récifs coralliens de la Nouvelle-Calédonie organisée sous l'égide de la fondation Singer-Polignac 1960-1963.</em> 4: 171-350.
page(s): 223-224 [details] Available for editors

basis of record van Ofwegen, L.P., S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Alderslade, P.; Shirwaiker, P. (1991). New species of soft corals (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) from the Laccadive Archipelago. <em>Beagle: Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory.</em> 8: 189-233.
page(s): 201 [details]
additional source Benayahu, Y. (1995). Species composition of soft corals (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) on the coral reefs of Sesoko Island, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. <em>Galaxea.</em> 12: 103–124.
page(s): 109 [details]
additional source Verseveldt, J. (1983). A revision of the genus Lobophytum von Marenzeller (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden.</em> 200: 1-103, plates 1-31.
page(s): 95-97 [details]
additional source Imahara, Y. (1996). Previously recorded octocorals from Japan and adjacent seas. Precious Corals and Octocoral Research, 4-mei, 17-44
page(s): 21 [details]
additional source Alderslade, P.; Shirwaiker, P. (1991). New species of soft corals (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) from the Laccadive Archipelago. <em>Beagle: Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory.</em> 8: 189-233.
page(s): 201 [details]
additional source Benayahu, Y. (1995). Species composition of soft corals (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) on the coral reefs of Sesoko Island, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. <em>Galaxea.</em> 12: 103–124.
page(s): 109 [details]
additional source Verseveldt, J. (1983). A revision of the genus Lobophytum von Marenzeller (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden.</em> 200: 1-103, plates 1-31.
page(s): 95-97 [details]
additional source Imahara, Y. (1996). Previously recorded octocorals from Japan and adjacent seas. Precious Corals and Octocoral Research, 4-mei, 17-44
page(s): 21 [details]





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