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S. glaucum (tentacles withdrawn)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

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

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