IRMNG - Litophyton Forskål, 1775

IRMNG taxon details

Litophyton Forskål, 1775

IRMNG_ID

1095064 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1095064)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Nephtheidae Gray, 1862

Synonymised names

Lithophyta Forskål, 1775 · unaccepted

Lithophyton · unaccepted (misspelling)

Lithophytum Agassiz, 1844 · unaccepted

Lithophytum Kükenthal, 1903 · unaccepted (synonym)

Nephtea Agassiz, 1845 · unaccepted

Nephthea Audouin in Savigny, 1826 · unaccepted

Nephthya Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted (spelling variation)

Nephthya Gervais, 1840 · unaccepted

Nephthys Audouin, 1827 · unaccepted

Nephthys Gistl, 1848 · unaccepted

Nephtya Van Beneden, 1867 · unaccepted (spelling variation)

Neptaea Blainville, 1830 · unaccepted

Nepthya Hickson, 1884 · unaccepted

Orexia Gistl, 1848 · unaccepted

Direct children (17)

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Species Litophyton acutifolium Kükenthal, 1913
Species Litophyton arboreum Forskål, 1775
Species Litophyton carnosum (Kükenthal)
Species Litophyton crosslandi Thomson & Mcqueen
Species Litophyton erinaceum Kükenthal
Species Litophyton formosanum Kükenthal, 1903
Species Litophyton fulvum Forskål, 1775
Species Litophyton graeffei (Kükenthal, 1896)
Species Litophyton lighti Roxas, 1933
Species Litophyton liltvedi Verseveldt & Williams, 1988
Species Litophyton maldivensis (HIckson, 1905)
Species Litophyton orientale Roxas, 1933
Species Litophyton ramosum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Species Litophyton rigidum Light
Species Litophyton sanderi (May, 1899)
Species Litophyton stuhlmanni (May, 1898)
Species Litophyton viridis (May, 1898)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Descr. Anim.
page(s): 139 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Litophyton Forskål, 1775. Accessed at: https://irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1095064 on 2025-02-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2016-11-22 07:44:35Z

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db_admin

2024-06-06 18:33:49Z

changed

Rees, Tony

[taxonomic tree]

original description Descr. Anim.
page(s): 139 [details]

basis of record SN2000/Fautin, 2005 [details]

basis of record AnimalBase (January 2010) [details]

status source WoRMS (Nov 2016). [details]

verified source for family Hallan, 2000- (as Nephtheidae); WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

name verified source AnimalBase (January 2010) [details]

current name source World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (2024 version). , available online at https://www.marinespecies.org/ [details]

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

extant flag source SN2000/Fautin, 2005 [details]

habitat flag source Aphia 2006 [details]

original description (of Nephthya Ehrenberg, 1834) Abh. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1832, Phys.
page(s): 284 [details]

original description (of Orexia Gistl, 1848) Gistel, J. (1848). Handbuch der Naturgeschichte aller drei Reiche, fur Lehrer and Lernende, fur Schule und Haus. Abtheilung I. Thierreich. R. Hoffmann, Stuttgart. Pp. 1-626 [1850]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83234
page(s): 595 [details]

original description (of Lithophytum Agassiz, 1844) Agassiz, L. (1844). Nomina systematica generum polyporum (Anthozoorum et bryozoorum cum polythalmiis) tam viventium quam fossilium. Jent et Gassmann, Soloturn. vi+28+[4] pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44623
page(s): 14 [details]

original description (of Nephthys Audouin, 1827) Dict. Class. H. N., 11
page(s): 523 [details]

original description (of Nephthys Gistl, 1848) Gistel, J. (1848). Naturgeschichte des Thierreichs: Für höhere Schulen. Hoffmann, Stuttgart.. xvi+216 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175526
page(s): 181 [details]

original description (of Nephthea Audouin in Savigny, 1826) in Savigny, Egypte, 1 (4) (Expl. pls. Polyps)
page(s): 230 [details]

original description (of Nephthya Gervais, 1840) Dict. Sci. Nat., Suppl. 1
page(s): 82 [details]

original description (of Nephtea Agassiz, 1845) Agassiz, L. (1844). Nomina systematica generum polyporum (Anthozoorum et bryozoorum cum polythalmiis) tam viventium quam fossilium. Jent et Gassmann, Soloturn. vi+28+[4] pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44623
page(s): 18 [details]

original description (of Neptaea Blainville, 1830) de Blainville, H.M.D. (1830). Zoophytes, pp. 1–546. In: Cuvier G-F (Ed.) Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles. Tome soixantième. ZOOPH–ZYT. G. Levrault, Strasbourg et Le Normant, Paris, vi+631 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25318346
page(s): 487 [details]

original description (of Nepthya Hickson, 1884) Phil. Trans., 174, 1883
page(s): 695 [details]

original description (of Lithophyta Forskål, 1775) Descr. Anim., xxix (as Litophyton p. 139). [details]

original description (of Lithophytum Kükenthal, 1903) Zoologische Jahrbuecher (Systematik) 19: -. [99-172] [details]

Unreviewed

Descriptive info Includes marine species (Aphia 2006) [details]

To BioNames database (from synonym Lithophytum Kükenthal, 1903)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Lithophytum Kükenthal, 1903)
To WoRMS
To WoRMS (from synonym Nephthya Ehrenberg, 1834)
To WoRMS (from synonym Lithophyton)
To WoRMS (from synonym Nephtya Van Beneden, 1867)
To WoRMS (from synonym Nephthea Audouin in Savigny, 1826)
To WoRMS (from synonym Lithophytum Kükenthal, 1903)