(of)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]
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original description(of)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
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