McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Litophyton laevis (Kükenthal, 1913). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=874122 on 2024-09-21
original description(ofNephthya laevis Kükenthal, 1913)Kükenthal, W. (1913). Alcyonaria des Roten Meeres. <em>In: Expeditionen S.M. Schiff "Pola" in das Rote Meer. Zoologische Ergebnisse 29. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften / Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse.</em> 89: 1-31, plates 1-3., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35450467 page(s): 20-21 [details]
new combination referencevan 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 athttps://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.567.7212[details] Available for editors [request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality