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van Ofwegen, L.P. (2016). The genus Litophyton Forskål, 1775 (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea, Nephtheidae) in the Red Sea and the western Indian Ocean. ZooKeys. 567: 1-128.
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van Ofwegen, L.P.
2016
The genus Litophyton Forskål, 1775 (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea, Nephtheidae) in the Red Sea and the western Indian Ocean
ZooKeys
567: 1-128
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The Litophyton species of the Red Sea and the western Indian Ocean are revised, which includes species
previously belonging to the genus Nephthea, which is synonymized with Litophyton. A neotype for both
Litophyton arboreum, the type species of Litophyton, and Nephthea chabrolii, the type species of Nephthea,
are designated. The new species L. curvum sp. n. is described and depicted, and a key to all Litophyton
species is provided. Of the 26 species previously described from the western Indian Ocean and Red Sea,
13 species are considered valid and 13 have been synonymized or placed in other genera.
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Litophyton Forskål, 1775 (taxonomy source)
Litophyton acuticonicum (Verseveldt, 1974) (new combination reference) Litophyton amentaceum (Studer, 1895) (new combination reference) Litophyton arboreum Forskål, 1775 (taxonomy source) Litophyton bayeri (Verseveldt, 1966) (new combination reference) Litophyton bedfordi (Shann, 1912) (new combination reference) Litophyton brassicum (Kükenthal, 1903) (new combination reference) Litophyton bumastum (Verseveldt, 1973) (new combination reference) Litophyton capnelliformis (Thomson & Dean, 1931) (new combination reference) Litophyton columnaris (Studer, 1895) (new combination reference) Litophyton compactum (Verseveldt, 1966) (new combination reference) Litophyton concinnum (Kükenthal, 1905) (new combination reference) Litophyton corallinum (Kükenthal, 1910) (new combination reference) Litophyton crassum (Kükenthal, 1903) (new combination reference) Litophyton cupressiformis (Kükenthal, 1903) (new combination reference) Litophyton curvum van Ofwegen, 2016 (original description) Litophyton debilis (Kükenthal, 1895) (new combination reference) Litophyton digitatum (Wright & Studer, 1889) (new combination reference) Litophyton elongatum (Kükenthal, 1895) (new combination reference) Litophyton erectum (Kükenthal, 1903) (new combination reference) Litophyton filamentosum (Verseveldt, 1973) (new combination reference) Litophyton globulosum (May, 1899) (new combination reference) Litophyton gracillimum (Thomson & Dean, 1931) (new combination reference) Litophyton griseum (Kükenthal, 1895) (new combination reference) Litophyton juniperum (Thomson & Dean, 1931) (new combination reference) Litophyton laevis (Kükenthal, 1913) (new combination reference) Litophyton lanternarium (Verseveldt, 1973) (new combination reference) Litophyton legiopolypum (Verseveldt & Alderslade, 1982) (new combination reference) Litophyton maldivensis (Hickson, 1905) (new combination reference) Litophyton mollis (Macfadyen, 1936) (new combination reference) Litophyton nigrum (Kükenthal, 1895) (new combination reference) Litophyton pacificum (Kükenthal, 1903) (new combination reference) Litophyton pyramidalis (Kükenthal, 1895) (new combination reference) Litophyton savignyi (Ehrenberg, 1834) (new combination reference) Litophyton setoensis (Utinomi, 1954) (new combination reference) Litophyton sibogae (Thomson & Dean, 1931) (new combination reference) Litophyton simulatum (Verseveldt, 1970) (new combination reference) Litophyton sphaerophorum (Kükenthal, 1903) (new combination reference) Litophyton tenuis (Kükenthal, 1895) (new combination reference) Litophyton thujarium (Kükenthal, 1903) (new combination reference) Litophyton tongaensis (Kükenthal, 1903) (new combination reference) Litophyton viridis (May, 1898) (additional source) Nephtheidae Gray, 1862 (basis of record) Stereonephthya armata (Thomson & Henderson, 1906) (new combination reference) Stereonephthya hirsuta (Tixier-Durivault, 1966) (new combination reference) |