Sarcophyton (coral)

Sarcophyton is a genus of corals in the family Alcyoniidae that are commonly kept in reef aquaria.

Sarcophyton
S. glaucum (tentacles withdrawn)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Octocorallia
Order: Alcyonacea
Family: Alcyoniidae
Genus: Sarcophyton
Lesson, 1834
Synonyms
  • Sarcophytum [lapsus]

Species

The following species currently are classified in the genus Sarcophyton:[1]

  • Sarcophyton aalbersbergi Feussner & Waqa, 2013
  • Sarcophyton acutangulum (v. Marenzeller, 1886)
  • Sarcophyton acutum Tixier-Durivault, 1970
  • Sarcophyton agaricum (Stimpson, 1855)
  • Sarcophyton aldersladei Feussner & Waqa, 2013
  • Sarcophyton alexanderi Feussner & Waqa, 2013
  • Sarcophyton auritum Verseveldt & Benayahu, 1978
  • Sarcophyton birkelandi Verseveldt, 1978
  • Sarcophyton boettgeri Schenk, 1896
  • Sarcophyton boletiforme Tixier-Durivault, 1958
  • Sarcophyton buitendijki Verseveldt, 1982
  • Sarcophyton cherbonnieri Tixier-Durivault, 1958
  • Sarcophyton cinereum Tixier-Durivault, 1946
  • Sarcophyton contortum Pratt, 1905
  • Sarcophyton cornispiculatum Verseveldt, 1971
  • Sarcophyton crassocaule Moser, 1919
  • Sarcophyton crassum Tixier-Durivault, 1946
  • Sarcophyton digitatum Moser, 1919
  • Sarcophyton ehrenbergi (v. Marenzeller, 1886)
  • Sarcophyton elegans Moser, 1919
  • Sarcophyton expandum Kõlliker
  • Sarcophyton flexuosum Tixier-Durivault, 1966
  • Sarcophyton furcatum Li, 1984
  • Sarcophyton gemmatum Verseveldt & Benayahu, 1978
  • Sarcophyton glaucum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
  • Sarcophyton griffini Moser, 1919
  • Sarcophyton infundibuliforme Tixier-Durivault, 1958
  • Sarcophyton latum (Dana, 1846)
  • Sarcophyton mililatensis Verseveldt & Tursch, 1979
  • Sarcophyton minusculum Samimi Namin & van Ofwegen, 2009
  • Sarcophyton nanwanensis Benayahu & Perkol-Finkel, 2004
  • Sarcophyton nigrum May, 1899
  • Sarcophyton pauciplicatum Verseveldt & Benayahu, 1978
  • Sarcophyton portentosum Tixier-Durivault, 1970
  • Sarcophyton pulchellum (Tixier-Durivault, 1957)
  • Sarcophyton regulare Tixier-Durivault, 1946
  • Sarcophyton roseum Pratt, 1903
  • Sarcophyton serenei Tixier-Durivault, 1958
  • Sarcophyton skeltoni Feussner & Waqa, 2013
  • Sarcophyton soapiae Feussner & Waqa, 2013
  • Sarcophyton solidum Tixier-Durivault, 1958
  • Sarcophyton spinospiculatum Alderslade & Shirwaiker, 1991
  • Sarcophyton spongiosum Thomson & Dean, 1931
  • Sarcophyton stellatum Kükenthal, 1910
  • Sarcophyton stolidotum Verseveldt, 1971
  • Sarcophyton subviride Tixier-Durivault, 1958
  • Sarcophyton tenuispiculatum (Thomson & Dean, 1931)
  • Sarcophyton tortuosum Tixier-Durivault, 1946
  • Sarcophyton trocheliophorum von Marenzeller, 1886
  • Sarcophyton tumulosum Benayahu & van Ofwegen, 2009
  • Sarcophyton turschi Verseveldt, 1976

References


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