Octocorallia name details
Lithophytum africanum (May, 1898)
1342609 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1342609)
unaccepted (changed combination)
Species
Lithophytum Forskål, 1775 accepted as Litophyton Forskål, 1775
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ammothea africana May, 1898) May, W. (1898). Die von Dr. Stuhlmann im Jahre 1889 gesammelten ostafrikanischen Alcyonaceen des Hamburgers Museums. <em>Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten.</em> 15(2): 1-38., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29111318
page(s): 33 [details]
page(s): 33 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Lithophytum africanum (May, 1898). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/octocorallia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1342609 on 2025-06-14
original description
(of Ammothea africana May, 1898) May, W. (1898). Die von Dr. Stuhlmann im Jahre 1889 gesammelten ostafrikanischen Alcyonaceen des Hamburgers Museums. <em>Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten.</em> 15(2): 1-38., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29111318
page(s): 33 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Verseveldt, J. (1969). Octocorallia from north-western Madagascar (Part I). <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden.</em> 106: 1-38, plates 1-7.
page(s): 16 [details] Available for editors
additional source Thomson, J.A.; Henderson, W.D. (1906). The marine fauna of Zanzibar and British East Africa, from collections made by Cyril Crossland, M.A., B.Sc., F.Z.S., in the years 1901 and 1902 -- Alcyonaria. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1906, 393-442, plates 26-31., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32051773
page(s): 427 [details]
new combination reference Kükenthal, W. (1904). Versuch einer Revision der Alcyonarien. 2. Die Familie der Nephthyiden. 1. Theil. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher (Syst.).</em> 19(1): 99-178., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10193769
page(s): 110-111 [details]
page(s): 33 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Verseveldt, J. (1969). Octocorallia from north-western Madagascar (Part I). <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden.</em> 106: 1-38, plates 1-7.
page(s): 16 [details] Available for editors
additional source Thomson, J.A.; Henderson, W.D. (1906). The marine fauna of Zanzibar and British East Africa, from collections made by Cyril Crossland, M.A., B.Sc., F.Z.S., in the years 1901 and 1902 -- Alcyonaria. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1906, 393-442, plates 26-31., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32051773
page(s): 427 [details]
new combination reference Kükenthal, W. (1904). Versuch einer Revision der Alcyonarien. 2. Die Familie der Nephthyiden. 1. Theil. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher (Syst.).</em> 19(1): 99-178., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10193769
page(s): 110-111 [details]
