Litophyton Forskål, 1775
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- GENUS
- Published in
- Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. Moller, Copenhagen, xxxiv + 140 pp. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=383436
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Cnidaria
- class
- Anthozoa
- order
- Malacalcyonacea
- family
- Nephtheidae
- genus
- Litophyton
Name
- Synonyms
- Ammicella Gray, 1869
- Lithophyta Forskål, 1775
- Lithophyton Forskål, 1775
- Lithophytum Agassiz, 1844
- Lithophytum Forskål, 1775
- Lithophytum Kükenthal, 1903
- Nephtea Agassiz, 1845
- Nephthea Audouin, 1828
- Nephthya Ehrenberg, 1834
- Nephthya Gervais, 1840
- Nephthys Audouin, 1827
- Nephthys Gistl, 1848
- Nephtya Van Beneden, 1867
- Neptaea Blainville, 1830
- Nepthya Hickson, 1884
- Orexia Gistl, 1848
- Homonyms
- Litophyton Forskål, 1775
- Common names
- ヤナギトサカ属 in Japanese
Bibliographic References
- AnimalBase (January 2010)
- AnimalBase (January 2010)
- Aphia 2006
- Benayahu, Y.; Shlagman, A.; Schleyer, M. H. (2003). Corals of the south-west Indian Ocean: VI. The Alcyonacea (Octocorallia) of Mozambique, with a discussion on soft coral distribution on south equatorial East African reefs. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 345, 49-57
- Descr. Anim.
- Fabricius, K.; Alderslade, P. (2001). Soft Corals and Sea Fans: A Comprehensive Guide to the Shallow-water Genera of the Central-West Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville.</em> pp. 264.
- Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp.
- Hallan, 2000- (as Nephtheidae); WoRMS (Mar 2013)
- SN2000/Fautin, 2005
- SN2000/Fautin, 2005
- Williams, G. C. (1989). A review of recent research on the sublittoral coral reefs of northern Natal with a provisional assessment of findings regarding the distribution of octocorals on Two-Mile Reef, Sodwana Bay. South African Journal of Science, 85, 140-141
- Williams, G. C. (1993). Coral Reef Octocorals: An Illustrated Guide to the Soft Corals, Sea Fans and Sea Pens Inhabiting the Coral Reefs of Northern Natal. Durban Natural Science Museum. Durban., pp. 63.
- Williams, G.C. (1992). Biogeography of the octocorallian coelenterate fauna of southern Africa. <em>Biol. J. Linn. Soc.</em> 46: 351-401.
- WoRMS (Mar 2013)
- WoRMS (Nov 2016).
- World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (2024 version).
- van Ofwegen, L.P. (2016). The genus Litophyton Forskål, 1775 (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea, Nephtheidae) in the Red Sea and the western Indian Ocean. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 567: 1-128. 10.3897/zookeys.567.7212