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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Cnidaria (phylum)  »  Anthozoa (class)  »  Alcyonacea (order)  »  Nephtheidae (family)

CAAB Code:	11 191906 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Litophyton spp.
Rank:	Genus

CAAB category: 11 - Cnidaria Jellyfish, sea anemones, corals and allies Family: 11 191 Nephtheidae (soft corals) - show full list Common Name: [an octocoral] Organism Type: an octocoral Synonyms: Nephthea spp. Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 11 191000     Nephtheidae Child Codes: 11 191041     Litophyton acutum 11 191042     Litophyton brachiatum 11 191043     Litophyton brewerensis 11 191044     Litophyton burfordensis 11 191045     Litophyton carnatum 11 191046     Litophyton cockburnensis 11 191047     Litophyton crassum 11 191048     Litophyton darleyensis 11 191049     Litophyton daviesensis 11 191050     Litophyton dipensis 11 191051     Litophyton elfordensis 11 191052     Litophyton folium 11 191053     Litophyton fusum 11 191054     Litophyton graafae 11 191055     Litophyton grandis 11 191056     Litophyton horseshoeensis 11 191057     Litophyton legiopolypum 11 191058     Litophyton mollis 11 191059     Litophyton myrmidonensis 11 191060     Litophyton obtusum 11 191061     Litophyton oxleyensis 11 191062     Litophyton pandoraensis 11 191063     Litophyton projectum 11 191064     Litophyton pseudorowleyensis 11 191065     Litophyton rowleyensis 11 191066     Litophyton sanctuaryensis 11 191067     Litophyton simplex 11 191068     Litophyton snakeensis 11 191069     Litophyton spinulosum 11 191070     Litophyton squamatum 11 191071     Litophyton swainensis 11 191072     Litophyton territoryensis 11 191073     Litophyton verrucosum

Taxon Notes:	This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to this level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:787d6c60-519a-4e7c-be3d-6ca5d229319e Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

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Scientific Name verified against:

Van Ofwegen, L.P., 2020. The genus Litophyton Forskål, 1775 (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Nephtheidae) from Australia., Zootaxa, Vol. 4764(1): 1-131. . doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4764.1.1 doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4764.1.1