Litophyton

Litophyton is a genus of soft corals in the family Nephtheidae.

Litophyton
Litophyton sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Alcyonacea
Family: Nephtheidae
Genus: Litophyton
Audouin, 1826 [1]
Species
See text

Species

The World Register of Marine Species includes the following species in the genus:[2]

  • Litophyton acuticonicum (Verseveldt, 1974)
  • Litophyton amentaceum (Studer, 1894)
  • Litophyton arboreum Forskål, 1775
  • Litophyton bayeri (Verseveldt, 1966)
  • Litophyton berdfordi (Shann, 1912)
  • Litophyton brassicum (Kükenthal, 1903)
  • Litophyton bumastum (Verseveldt, 1973)
  • Litophyton capnelliformis (Thomson & Dean, 1931)
  • Litophyton carnosum (Kükenthal)
  • Litophyton cervispiculosum (Thomson & Dean, 1931)
  • Litophyton chabrolii (Andouin, 1828)
  • Litophyton columnaris (Studer, 1895)
  • Litophyton compactum (Verseveldt, 1966)
  • Litophyton concinnum (Kükenthal, 1905)
  • Litophyton corallinum (Kükenthal, 1910)
  • Litophyton crassum (Kükenthal, 1903)
  • Litophyton cupressiformis (Kükenthal, 1903)
  • Litophyton curvum van Ofwegen, 2016
  • Litophyton debilis (Kükenthal, 1895)
  • Litophyton digitatum (Wright & Studer, 1889)
  • Litophyton elongatum (Kükenthal, 1895)
  • Litophyton erectum (Kükenthal, 1903)
  • Litophyton erinaceum Kükenthal
  • Litophyton filamentosum (Verseveldt, 1973)
  • Litophyton formosanum Kükenthal, 1903
  • Litophyton fulvum Forskål, 1775
  • Litophyton globulosum (May, 1899)
  • Litophyton gracillimum (Thomson & Dean, 1931)
  • Litophyton graeffei (Kükenthal, 1896)
  • Litophyton griseum (Kükenthal, 1895)
  • Litophyton juniperum (Thomson & Dean, 1931)
  • Litophyton laevis (Kükenthal, 1913)
  • Litophyton lanternarium (Verseveldt, 1973)
  • Litophyton legiopolypum (Verseveldt & Alderslade, 1982)
  • Litophyton lighti Roxas, 1933
  • Litophyton maldivensis (Hickson, 1905)
  • Litophyton mollis (Macfadyan, 1936)
  • Litophyton nigrum (Kükenthal, 1895)
  • Litophyton orientale Roxas, 1933
  • Litophyton pacificum (Kükenthal, 1903)
  • Litophyton pyramidalis (Kükenthal, 1895)
  • Litophyton ramosum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
  • Litophyton rigidum Light
  • Litophyton rubrum (Kükenthal, 1910)
  • Litophyton savignyi (Ehrenberg, 1834)
  • Litophyton setoensis (Utinomi, 1954)
  • Litophyton sibogae (Thomson & Dean, 1931)
  • Litophyton simulatum (Verseveldt, 1970)
  • Litophyton sphaerophorum (Kükenthal, 1903)
  • Litophyton striatum (Kükenthal, 1903)
  • Litophyton tenuis (Kükenthal, 1896)
  • Litophyton thujarium (Kükenthal, 1903)
  • Litophyton tongaensis (Kükenthal, 1903)
  • Litophyton viridis (May, 1898)

References
  1. van Ofwegen, L. (2015). "Nephthea Audouin, 1826". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
  2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Litophyton Forskål, 1775". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
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