''Litophyton'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
soft corals in the
family
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...
Nephtheidae.
Species
The World Register of Marine Species includes the following
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
in the genus:
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Litophyton acuticonicum''
(Verseveldt, 1974)
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Litophyton amentaceum''
(Studer, 1894)
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Litophyton arboreum''
Forskål, 1775
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Litophyton bayeri''
(Verseveldt, 1966)
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Litophyton berdfordi''
(Shann, 1912)
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Litophyton brassicum''
(Kükenthal, 1903)
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Litophyton bumastum''
(Verseveldt, 1973)
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Litophyton capnelliformis''
(Thomson & Dean, 1931)
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Litophyton carnosum''
(Kükenthal)
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Litophyton cervispiculosum''
(Thomson & Dean, 1931)
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Litophyton chabrolii''
(Andouin, 1828)
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Litophyton columnaris''
(Studer, 1895)
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Litophyton compactum''
(Verseveldt, 1966)
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Litophyton concinnum''
(Kükenthal, 1905)
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Litophyton corallinum''
(Kükenthal, 1910)
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Litophyton crassum''
(Kükenthal, 1903)
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Litophyton cupressiformis''
(Kükenthal, 1903)
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Litophyton curvum''
van Ofwegen, 2016
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Litophyton debilis''
(Kükenthal, 1895)
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Litophyton digitatum''
(Wright & Studer, 1889)
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Litophyton elongatum''
(Kükenthal, 1895)
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Litophyton erectum''
(Kükenthal, 1903)
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Litophyton erinaceum''
Kükenthal
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Litophyton filamentosum''
(Verseveldt, 1973)
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Litophyton formosanum''
Kükenthal, 1903
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Litophyton fulvum''
Forskål, 1775
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Litophyton globulosum''
(May, 1899)
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Litophyton gracillimum''
(Thomson & Dean, 1931)
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Litophyton graeffei''
(Kükenthal, 1896)
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Litophyton griseum''
(Kükenthal, 1895)
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Litophyton juniperum''
(Thomson & Dean, 1931)
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Litophyton laevis''
(Kükenthal, 1913)
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Litophyton lanternarium''
(Verseveldt, 1973)
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Litophyton legiopolypum''
(Verseveldt & Alderslade, 1982)
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Litophyton lighti''
Roxas, 1933
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Litophyton maldivensis''
(Hickson, 1905)
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Litophyton mollis''
(Macfadyan, 1936)
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Litophyton nigrum''
(Kükenthal, 1895)
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Litophyton orientale''
Roxas, 1933
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Litophyton pacificum''
(Kükenthal, 1903)
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Litophyton pyramidalis''
(Kükenthal, 1895)
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Litophyton ramosum''
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
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Litophyton rigidum''
Light
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Litophyton rubrum''
(Kükenthal, 1910)
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Litophyton savignyi''
(Ehrenberg, 1834)
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Litophyton setoensis''
(Utinomi, 1954)
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Litophyton sibogae''
(Thomson & Dean, 1931)
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Litophyton simulatum''
(Verseveldt, 1970)
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Litophyton sphaerophorum''
(Kükenthal, 1903)
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Litophyton striatum''
(Kükenthal, 1903)
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Litophyton tenuis''
(Kükenthal, 1896)
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Litophyton thujarium''
(Kükenthal, 1903)
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Litophyton tongaensis''
(Kükenthal, 1903)
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Litophyton viridis''
(May, 1898)
References
Nephtheidae
Octocorallia genera
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