WoRMS taxon details
Litophyton erectum (Kükenthal, 1903)
874454 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:874454)
accepted
Species
Nephthea erecta Kükenthal, 1903 · unaccepted (original combination)
Nephthya erecta Kükenthal, 1903 · unaccepted (original combination, variant spelling)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Nephthya erecta Kükenthal, 1903) Kükenthal, W. (1904). Versuch einer Revision der Alcyonarien. 2. Die Familie der Nephthyiden. 1. Theil. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher (Syst.).</em> 19(1): 99-178., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10193769
page(s): 154 [details]
page(s): 154 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Litophyton erectum (Kükenthal, 1903). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=874454 on 2026-02-03
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Nomenclature
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(of Nephthya erecta Kükenthal, 1903) Kükenthal, W. (1904). Versuch einer Revision der Alcyonarien. 2. Die Familie der Nephthyiden. 1. Theil. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher (Syst.).</em> 19(1): 99-178., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10193769
page(s): 154 [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): 154 [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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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | タチチヂミトサカ [from synonym] | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Nephthea erecta Kükenthal, 1903)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Nephthea erecta Kükenthal, 1903)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Litophyton erectum)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Nephthea erecta Kükenthal, 1903)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Nephthea erecta Kükenthal, 1903)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Litophyton erectum)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Nephthea erecta Kükenthal, 1903)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
