Litophyton

Litophyton
Litophyton sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Subphylum:	Anthozoa
Class:	Octocorallia
Order:	Malacalcyonacea
Family:	Nephtheidae
Genus:	Litophyton Forskål, 1775 [1]
Species
See text
Synonyms
NephtheaAudouin, 1828 NephthyaEhrenberg, 1834

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

Species

The World Register of Marine Species includes the following species in the genus: ^[1]

• 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. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Litophyton Forskål, 1775". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-03-24.