Lobophytum sp.

Super Group: 
Eukaryota
Phylum: 
Cnidaria
Class: 
Anthozoa
Order: 
Alcyonacea
Family: 
Alcyoniidae
Genus: 
Lobophytum
Species: 
sp.
Authority: 
Marenzeller, 1886

Diagnosis

von Marenzeller, 1886 : Colonies with short wide stalk or encrusting. Polyparium with lobes or crests, sometimes flat. Polyps dimorphic. Sclerites of surface layer are clubs; sclerites of interior are capstans and spindles. Colour of colonies light yellow, beige, brown, greenish. Polyps often white. Zooxanthellae present.

Type species

Type species: Lobophytum crassum von Marenzeller, 1886

Observation site(s)

SYMBIONTS

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Symbiodinium sp. Great Barrier Reef
Symbiodinium sp. Great Barrier Reef
Symbiodinium sp. Great Barrier Reef
Symbiodinium sp. Western Indian
Symbiodinium sp. Western Indian
Symbiodinium- clade C Great Barrier Reef
VAN OPPEN MJH, MIEOG JC, SANCHEZ CA, FABRICIUS KE (2005) Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships. Molecular Ecology 14:2403 - 2417. doi: 10.1111/mec.2005.14.issue-810.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02545.x
Symbiodinium sp. Western Indian
Symbiodinium sp. Western Pacific
Symbiodinium sp. Western Indian
Symbiodinium sp. Western Pacific
Symbiodinium sp. Western Indian
Symbiodinium sp. Western Pacific
Symbiodinium sp. Pennsylvania
Smith RT, ón JH, LaJeunesse TC (2009) SYMBIODINIUM (DINOPHYTA) DIVERSITY AND STABILITY IN AQUARIUM CORALS. Journal of Phycology 45:1030 - 1036. doi: 10.1111/jpy.2009.45.issue-510.1111/j.1529-8817.2009.00730.x
Symbiodinium sp. Great Barrier Reef
Symbiodinium sp. Great Barrier Reef