Lobophytum is a genus of soft corals commonly known as devil's hand corals or devil's hand leather corals.
Habitat and range
Lobophytum species can be found in shallow water throughout a wide area of the tropical Indo-Pacific.
Species
- Lobophytum altum <small>Tixier-Durivault, 1956</small>
- Lobophytum anomolum <small>Li, 1984</small>
- Lobophytum batarum <small>Moser, 1919</small>
- Lobophytum borbonicum <small>von Marenzeller, 1886</small>
- Lobophytum caputospiculatum <small>Li, 1984</small>
- Lobophytum catalai <small>Tixier-Durivault, 1957</small>
- Lobophytum compactum <small>Tixier-Durivault, 1956</small>
- Lobophytum crassodigitum <small>Li, 1984</small>
- Lobophytum crassospiculatum <small>(Moser, 1919)</small>
- Lobophytum crassum <small>von Marenzeller, 1886</small>
- Lobophytum crebliplicatum <small>von Marenzeller, 1886</small>
- Lobophytum cristagalli <small>von Marenzeller, 1886</small>
- Lobophytum cristatum <small>Tixier-Durivault, 1970</small>
- Lobophytum cryptocormum <small>Verseveldt & Tursch, 1979</small>
- Lobophytum delectum <small>Tixier-Durivault, 1966</small>
- Lobophytum densum <small>Tixier-Durivault, 1970</small>
- Lobophytum denticulatum <small>Tixier-Durivault, 1956</small>
- Lobophytum depressum <small>Tixier-Durivault, 1966</small>
- Lobophytum durum <small>Tixier-Durivault, 1956</small>
- Lobophytum gazellae <small>Moser, 1919</small>
- Lobophytum hapalolobatum <small>Verseveldt, 1983</small>
- Lobophytum hirsutum <small>Tixier-Durivault, 1956</small>
- Lobophytum hsiehi <small>Benayahu & Ofwegen, 2011</small>
- Lobophytum ignotum <small>Tixier-Durivault, 1956</small>
- Lobophytum irregulare <small>Tixier-Durivault, 1970</small>
- Lobophytum jaeckeli <small>Tixier-Durivault, 1956</small>
- Lobophytum jasparsi <small>van Ofwegen, 1999</small>
- Lobophytum laevigatum <small>Tixier-Durivault, 1956</small>
- Lobophytum lamarcki <small>Tixier-Durivault, 1956</small>
- Lobophytum latilobatum <small>Verseveldt, 1971</small>
- Lobophytum legitimum <small>Tixier-Durivault, 1970</small>
- Lobophytum lighti <small>Moser, 1919</small>
- Lobophytum longispiculatum <small>Li, 1984</small>
- Lobophytum meandriforme <small>Tixier-Durivault, 1956</small>
- Lobophytum michaelae <small>Tixier-Durivault, 1956</small>
- Lobophytum microlobulatum <small>Tixier-Durivault, 1970</small>
- Lobophytum microspiculatum <small>Tixier-Durivault, 1956</small>
- Lobophytum mirabile <small>Tixier-Durivault, 1956</small>
- Lobophytum mortoni <small>Benayahu & van Ofwegen, 2009</small>
- Lobophytum oligoverrucum <small>Li, 1984</small>
- Lobophytum patulum <small>Tixier-Durivault, 1956</small>
- Lobophytum pauciflorum <small>(Ehrenberg, 1834)</small>
- Lobophytum planum <small>Tixier-Durivault, 1970</small>
- Lobophytum proprium <small>(Tixier-Durivault, 1970)</small>
- Lobophytum prostratum <small>Verseveldt & Benayahu, 1983</small>
- Lobophytum pusillum <small>Tixier-Durivault, 1970</small>
- Lobophytum pygmapedium <small>Li, 1984</small>
- Lobophytum ransoni <small>Tixier-Durivault, 1957</small>
- Lobophytum rigidum <small>Benayahu, 1995</small>
- Lobophytum rotundum <small>Tixier-Durivault, 1957</small>
- Lobophytum salvati <small>Tixier-Durivault, 1970</small>
- Lobophytum sarcophytoides <small>Moser, 1919</small>
- Lobophytum schoedei <small>Moser, 1919</small>
- Lobophytum solidum <small>Tixier-Durivault, 1970</small>
- Lobophytum spicodigitum <small>Li, 1984</small>
- Lobophytum strictum <small>Tixier-Durivault, 1957</small>
- Lobophytum tecticum <small>Alderslade & Shirwaiker, 1991</small>
- Lobophytum variatum <small>Tixier-Durivault, 1957</small>
- Lobophytum varium <small>Tixier-Durivault, 1970</small>
- Lobophytum venustum <small>Tixier-durivault, 1957</small>
- Lobophytum verrucosum <small>Li, 1984</small>
- Lobophytum verum <small>Tixier-Durivault, 1970</small>
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