WoRMS taxon details
Litophyton concinnum (Kükenthal, 1905)
874447 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:874447)
accepted
Species
Nephthea concinna Kükenthal, 1905 · unaccepted (original combination)
Nephthya concinna Kükenthal, 1905 · unaccepted (original combination, variant spelling)
Spongodes glomerata May, 1899 · unaccepted (pre-occupied)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Nephthya concinna Kükenthal, 1905) Kükenthal, W. (1905). Versuch einer Revision der Alcyonarien. II. Die Familie der Nephthyiden. 2. Teil. Die Gattungen Dendronephthya n.g. und Stereonephthya n.g. <em>Zoologische Jahrbucher.</em> 21: 503-726, plates 26-32., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27519836
page(s): 712-713 [details]
page(s): 712-713 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Hoeksema, B.W., Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Litophyton concinnum (Kükenthal, 1905). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=874447 on 2026-09-26
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Nephthya concinna Kükenthal, 1905) Kükenthal, W. (1905). Versuch einer Revision der Alcyonarien. II. Die Familie der Nephthyiden. 2. Teil. Die Gattungen Dendronephthya n.g. und Stereonephthya n.g. <em>Zoologische Jahrbucher.</em> 21: 503-726, plates 26-32., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27519836
page(s): 712-713 [details]
original description (of Spongodes glomerata May, 1899) May, W. (1899). Beitrage zur Systematik und Chorologie der Alcyonaceen. <em>Jenaische Zeitschrift fur Naturwissenschaft.</em> 33: 1-180.
page(s): 166-167 [details]
new combination reference 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.567.7212 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 712-713 [details]
original description (of Spongodes glomerata May, 1899) May, W. (1899). Beitrage zur Systematik und Chorologie der Alcyonaceen. <em>Jenaische Zeitschrift fur Naturwissenschaft.</em> 33: 1-180.
page(s): 166-167 [details]
new combination reference 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.567.7212 [details] Available for editors