WoRMS taxon details
Litophyton compactum (Verseveldt, 1966)
874446 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:874446)
accepted
Species
Nephthea compacta Verseveldt, 1966 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Nephthea compacta Verseveldt, 1966) Verseveldt, J. (1966). Biological results of the Snellius expedition. XXII. Octocorallia from the Malay Archipelago (Part II). <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden.</em> 80: 1-109, plates 1-16.
page(s): 23-25 [details]
page(s): 23-25 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Litophyton compactum (Verseveldt, 1966). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=874446 on 2025-05-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Nephthea compacta Verseveldt, 1966) Verseveldt, J. (1966). Biological results of the Snellius expedition. XXII. Octocorallia from the Malay Archipelago (Part II). <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden.</em> 80: 1-109, plates 1-16.
page(s): 23-25 [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): 23-25 [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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additional source
van Ofwegen, L.P. (2020). The genus Litophyton Forskål, 1775 (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea, Nephtheidae) from Australia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4764(1): 1-131.
page(s): 75-76 [details]
page(s): 75-76 [details]