Lobophytum venustum | |
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Preserved holotype | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Subphylum: | Anthozoa |
Class: | Octocorallia |
Order: | Alcyonacea |
Family: | Alcyoniidae |
Genus: | Lobophytum |
Species: | L. venustum |
Binomial name | |
Lobophytum venustum Tixier-Durivault, 1957 [1] | |
Lobophytum venustum is a species of soft coral in the family Alcyoniidae. [2] [3] [4] [5] First described from Aldabra (the Seychelles), [1] it occurs in the Indian (including the Red Sea [2] ) and Pacific Oceans. [5]