WoRMS taxon details

Lobophytum variatum Tixier-Durivault, 1957

288817  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:288817)

accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Tixier-Durivault, A. (1957). Les Alcyonaires du Museum: I. Famille des Alcyoniidae. IV. Genre Lobophytum (Fin). <em>Bulletin de la Museum Nationale d'Histoire naturelle Paris, Ser. 2.</em> 29(1): 106-111., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54851668
page(s): 110 [details]   
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Lobophytum variatum Tixier-Durivault, 1957. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=288817 on 2024-04-19
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original description Tixier-Durivault, A. (1957). Les Alcyonaires du Museum: I. Famille des Alcyoniidae. IV. Genre Lobophytum (Fin). <em>Bulletin de la Museum Nationale d'Histoire naturelle Paris, Ser. 2.</em> 29(1): 106-111., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54851668
page(s): 110 [details]   

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS[details]   

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]   

additional source Alderslade, P. (2003). A new genus and species of soft coral (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Alcyoniidae) from Lord Howe Island, Australia. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen.</em> 345: 19-30., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/220290
page(s): 20 [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. (2002). Soft corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) of the southern Ryukyu Archipelago: The families Tubiporidae, Clavulariidae, Alcyoniidae and Briareidae. <em>Journal of the Japanese Coral Reef Society.</em> 2002(4): 11-32., available online at https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jcrs1999/2002/4/2002_4_11/_article/-char/en
page(s): 25 [details]   

additional source van Ofwegen, L. P. (1999). Lobophytum jasparsi spec. nov. from Indonesia (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea). <em>Zoologische Mededeelingen.</em> 73, 177-185.
page(s): 182 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Verseveldt, J. (1977). Octocorallia from various localities in the Pacific Ocean. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden.</em> 150: 1-42, plates 1-10.
page(s): 15-18 [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): 94-95 [details]   

additional source Tixier-Durivault, A. (1958). Revision de la famille des Alcyoniidae: les genres Sarcophytum et Lobophytum. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden.</em> 36: 1-179.
page(s): 99-100 [details]   

additional source Tixier-Durivault, A. (1972). Nouvel apport d'Octocoralliares de Madagascar et des iles avoisinantes. <em>Tethys.</em> Suppl. 3: 11-68., available online at http://paleopolis.rediris.es/benthos/REF/som/T-pdf/1972_s3-11.pdf
page(s): 19 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source 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): 208-209 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Reinicke, G. B.; van Ofwegen, L. P. (1999). Soft corals (Alcyonacea: Octocorallia) from shallow water in the Chagos Archipelago: species assemblages and their distribution. Linnean Society Occasional Publications, 2, 67-85, plates 1-10
page(s): 75, 76, 84 [details]   

additional source McFadden, C. S.; Alderslade, P. N.; van Ofwegen, L. P.; Johnsen, H.; Rusmevichientong, A. (2006). Phylogenetic relationships within the tropical soft coral genera Sarcophyton and Lobophytum (Anthozoa, Octocorallia). Invertebrate Biology, 125(4): 288-305
page(s): 293, 294, 296, 305 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
Nontype BPBM D492, geounit American Samoa Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH Coel. 11751, geounit French Polynesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From other sources
Biology zooxanthellate [details]

Habitat in shallow water [details]