Lobophytum crassum Von Marenzeller, 1886

Benayahu, Yehuda & Van Ofwegen, Leen P., 2012, Octocorals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from Reunion, with a description of two new species of the genus Sinularia May, 1898 and notes on the occurrence of other species, Zoosystema 34 (4), pp. 673-699 : 690

Lobophytum crassum Von Marenzeller, 1886 ( Fig. 12F )

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — ZMTAU Co 34475, Co 34478, Saint-Leu, Récif Pointe au Sel (Cimetière) (21°11’26.29”S, 55°16’59.27”E), reef slope, 16-20 m, 11.IV.2008. — ZMTAU Co 34420, Saint-Paul, Cap la Houssaye (21°01’02.90”S, 55°14’15.49”E), reef slope, 17 m, 8.IV.2008. — ZMTAU Co 34436, Saint-Leu, Pointe au Sel (21°12’17.54”S, 55°16’48.90”E), 15 m, reef slope, 9.IV.2008. — ZMTAU Co 34448, Co 34459, Saint-Leu, Pointe des Châteaux (21°09’04.39”S, 55°16’12.47”E), reef slope, 14-20 m, 10.IV.2008.— ZMTAU Co 34393, Saint-Paul, Planch’ Alizés (21°05’58.61”S, 55°13’48.81”E), reef slope, 14-19 m, 7.IV.2008. — ZMTAU Co 34370 (2 colonies), Co 34365 (2 colonies), Saint-Paul, Pain de Sucre (Maharani) (21°01’22.33”S, 55°13’40.95”E), reef slope, 4-5 m, 3.IV.2008. — ZMTAU Co 34519, Passe de l’Ermitage (21°05.190’S, 55°13.239’E), 17 m, 24.XI.2008, leg. M. Aknin. — MNHN, Saint-Pierre, lagoon, 1.5 m, leg. G. Faure.

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FIG. 12. — Live colonies of: A, Cladiella australis (Macfadyen, 1936); B, Cladiella kashmani Benayahu & Schleyer, 1996; C, Cladiella krempfi (Hickson, 1919); D, Klyxum adii Benayahu & Perkol-Finkel, 2010; E, Klyxum flaccidum Tixier-Durivault, 1966; F, Lobophytum crassum Von Marenzeller, 1886.