Lobophytum
Lobophytum is a genus of soft corals commonly known as devil's hand corals or devil's hand leather corals.[1]
| Lobophytum | |
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| Lobophytum sp. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Anthozoa |
| Order: | Alcyonacea |
| Family: | Alcyoniidae |
| Genus: | Lobophytum Marenzeller, 1886[1] |
Habitat and range
Lobophytum species can be found in shallow water throughout a wide area of the tropical Indo-Pacific.[2]
Species
- Lobophytum altum Tixier-Durivault, 1956
- Lobophytum anomolum Li, 1984
- Lobophytum batarum Moser, 1919
- Lobophytum borbonicum von Marenzeller, 1886
- Lobophytum caputospiculatum Li, 1984
- Lobophytum catalai Tixier-Durivault, 1957
- Lobophytum compactum Tixier-Durivault, 1956
- Lobophytum crassodigitum Li, 1984
- Lobophytum crassospiculatum (Moser, 1919)
- Lobophytum crassum von Marenzeller, 1886
- Lobophytum crebliplicatum von Marenzeller, 1886
- Lobophytum cristagalli von Marenzeller, 1886
- Lobophytum cristatum Tixier-Durivault, 1970
- Lobophytum cryptocormum Verseveldt & Tursch, 1979
- Lobophytum delectum Tixier-Durivault, 1966
- Lobophytum densum Tixier-Durivault, 1970
- Lobophytum denticulatum Tixier-Durivault, 1956
- Lobophytum depressum Tixier-Durivault, 1966
- Lobophytum durum Tixier-Durivault, 1956
- Lobophytum gazellae Moser, 1919
- Lobophytum hapalolobatum Verseveldt, 1983
- Lobophytum hirsutum Tixier-Durivault, 1956
- Lobophytum ignotum Tixier-Durivault, 1956
- Lobophytum irregulare Tixier-Durivault, 1970
- Lobophytum jaeckeli Tixier-Durivault, 1956
- Lobophytum jasparsi van Ofwegen, 1999
- Lobophytum laevigatum Tixier-Durivault, 1956
- Lobophytum lamarcki Tixier-Durivault, 1956
- Lobophytum latilobatum Verseveldt, 1971
- Lobophytum legitimum Tixier-Durivault, 1970
- Lobophytum lighti Moser, 1919
- Lobophytum longispiculatum Li, 1984
- Lobophytum meandriforme Tixier-Durivault, 1956
- Lobophytum michaelae Tixier-Durivault, 1956
- Lobophytum microlobulatum Tixier-Durivault, 1970
- Lobophytum microspiculatum Tixier-Durivault, 1956
- Lobophytum mirabile Tixier-Durivault, 1956
- Lobophytum mortoni Benayahu & van Ofwegen, 2009
- Lobophytum oligoverrucum Li, 1984
- Lobophytum patulum Tixier-Durivault, 1956
- Lobophytum pauciflorum (Ehrenberg, 1834)
- Lobophytum planum Tixier-Durivault, 1970
- Lobophytum proprium (Tixier-Durivault, 1970)
- Lobophytum prostratum Verseveldt & Benayahu, 1983
- Lobophytum pusillum Tixier-Durivault, 1970
- Lobophytum pygmapedium Li, 1984
- Lobophytum ransoni Tixier-Durivault, 1957
- Lobophytum rigidum Benayahu, 1995
- Lobophytum rotundum Tixier-Durivault, 1957
- Lobophytum salvati Tixier-Durivault, 1970
- Lobophytum sarcophytoides Moser, 1919
- Lobophytum schoedei Moser, 1919
- Lobophytum solidum Tixier-Durivault, 1970
- Lobophytum spicodigitum Li, 1984
- Lobophytum strictum Tixier-Durivault, 1957
- Lobophytum tecticum Alderslade & Shirwaiker, 1991
- Lobophytum variatum Tixier-Durivault, 1957
- Lobophytum varium Tixier-Durivault, 1970
- Lobophytum venustum Tixier-durivault, 1957
- Lobophytum verrucosum Li, 1984
- Lobophytum verum Tixier-Durivault, 1970
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References
- van Ofwegen, L. (2015). Lobophytum Marenzeller, 1886. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206153 on 2015-04-06
- Hoeksema, B.; van Ofwegen, L. "Genus Lobophytum". Marine Species Identification Portal. ETI BioInformatics. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
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