Lobophytum venustum
Species of soft coral
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Lobophytum venustum is a species of soft coral in the family Alcyoniidae.[2][3][4][5] First described from Aldabra (the Seychelles),[1] it occurs in the Indian (including the Red Sea[2]) and Pacific Oceans.[5]
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| Lobophytum venustum | |
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| Preserved holotype | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Subphylum: | Anthozoa |
| Class: | Octocorallia |
| Order: | Malacalcyonacea |
| Family: | Alcyoniidae |
| Genus: | Lobophytum |
| Species: | L. venustum |
| Binomial name | |
| Lobophytum venustum Tixier-Durivault, 1957[1] | |
