{{Short description|Genus of corals}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Nephthya sp. (Soft tree coral).jpg | image_caption = ''Litophyton'' sp. | taxon= Litophyton | authority = Forskål, 1775<ref name=worms/> | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = {{center|See text}} | synonyms = * ''Nephthea'' <small>Audouin, 1828</small> * ''Nephthya'' <small>Ehrenberg, 1834</small> }}
'''''Litophyton''''' is a genus of soft corals in the family Nephtheidae.
==Species== The World Register of Marine Species includes the following species in the genus:<ref name=worms>{{Cite web|url=http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204523|title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Litophyton Forskål, 1775|website=marinespecies.org|language=en|access-date=2018-03-24}}</ref>
*''Litophyton acuticonicum'' <small>(Verseveldt, 1974)</small> *''Litophyton amentaceum'' <small>(Studer, 1894)</small> *''Litophyton arboreum'' <small>Forskål, 1775</small> *''Litophyton bayeri'' <small>(Verseveldt, 1966)</small> *''Litophyton berdfordi'' <small>(Shann, 1912)</small> *''Litophyton brassicum'' <small>(Kükenthal, 1903)</small> *''Litophyton bumastum'' <small>(Verseveldt, 1973)</small> *''Litophyton capnelliformis'' <small>(Thomson & Dean, 1931)</small> *''Litophyton carnosum'' <small>(Kükenthal)</small> *''Litophyton cervispiculosum'' <small>(Thomson & Dean, 1931)</small> *''Litophyton chabrolii'' <small>(Andouin, 1828)</small> *''Litophyton columnaris'' <small>(Studer, 1895)</small> *''Litophyton compactum'' <small>(Verseveldt, 1966)</small> *''Litophyton concinnum'' <small>(Kükenthal, 1905)</small> *''Litophyton corallinum'' <small>(Kükenthal, 1910)</small> *''Litophyton crassum'' <small>(Kükenthal, 1903)</small> *''Litophyton cupressiformis'' <small>(Kükenthal, 1903)</small> *''Litophyton curvum'' <small>van Ofwegen, 2016</small> *''Litophyton debilis'' <small>(Kükenthal, 1895)</small> *''Litophyton digitatum'' <small>(Wright & Studer, 1889)</small> *''Litophyton elongatum'' <small>(Kükenthal, 1895)</small> *''Litophyton erectum'' <small>(Kükenthal, 1903)</small> *''Litophyton erinaceum'' <small>Kükenthal</small> *''Litophyton filamentosum'' <small>(Verseveldt, 1973)</small> *''Litophyton formosanum'' <small>Kükenthal, 1903</small> *''Litophyton fulvum'' <small>Forskål, 1775</small> *''Litophyton globulosum'' <small>(May, 1899)</small> *''Litophyton gracillimum'' <small>(Thomson & Dean, 1931)</small> *''Litophyton graeffei'' <small>(Kükenthal, 1896)</small> *''Litophyton griseum'' <small>(Kükenthal, 1895)</small> *''Litophyton juniperum'' <small>(Thomson & Dean, 1931)</small> *''Litophyton laevis'' <small>(Kükenthal, 1913)</small> *''Litophyton lanternarium'' <small>(Verseveldt, 1973)</small> *''Litophyton legiopolypum'' <small>(Verseveldt & Alderslade, 1982)</small> *''Litophyton lighti'' <small>Roxas, 1933</small> *''Litophyton maldivensis'' <small>(Hickson, 1905)</small> *''Litophyton mollis'' <small>(Macfadyan, 1936)</small> *''Litophyton nigrum'' <small>(Kükenthal, 1895)</small> *''Litophyton orientale'' <small>Roxas, 1933</small> *''Litophyton pacificum'' <small>(Kükenthal, 1903)</small> *''Litophyton pyramidalis'' <small>(Kükenthal, 1895)</small> *''Litophyton ramosum'' <small>(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)</small> *''Litophyton rigidum'' <small>Light</small> *''Litophyton rubrum'' <small>(Kükenthal, 1910)</small> *''Litophyton savignyi'' <small>(Ehrenberg, 1834)</small> *''Litophyton setoensis'' <small>(Utinomi, 1954)</small> *''Litophyton sibogae'' <small>(Thomson & Dean, 1931)</small> *''Litophyton simulatum'' <small>(Verseveldt, 1970)</small> *''Litophyton sphaerophorum'' <small>(Kükenthal, 1903)</small> *''Litophyton striatum'' <small>(Kükenthal, 1903)</small> *''Litophyton tenuis'' <small>(Kükenthal, 1896)</small> *''Litophyton thujarium'' <small>(Kükenthal, 1903)</small> *''Litophyton tongaensis'' <small>(Kükenthal, 1903)</small> *''Litophyton viridis'' <small>(May, 1898)</small>
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Nephtheidae Category:Octocorallia genera
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