Lobophytum

Lobophytum is a genus of soft corals commonly known as devil's hand corals or devil's hand leather corals.[1]

Lobophytum
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

References
  1. 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
  2. Hoeksema, B.; van Ofwegen, L. "Genus Lobophytum". Marine Species Identification Portal. ETI BioInformatics. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
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