Lobophytum patulum Tixier-Durivault, 1966

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 patulum Tixier-Durivault, 1966

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — ZMTAU Co 33853, l’Ermitage, 30 km from St-Denis (21°05.586’S, 55°13.239’E), 15-20 m, XII.2006, leg. M. Aknin.

Lobophytum pauciflorum ( Ehrenberg, 1834) ( Fig. 13E )

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — ZMTAU Co 34498, 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 34381 (2 colonies), Saint-Paul, Tours de Boucan (21°01’30.87”S, 55°13’26.41”E), reef slope, 20-29 m, 4.IV.2008. — ZMTAU Co 34457, 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 34391, Saint- Paul, Planch’ Alizés (21°05’58.61”S, 55°13’48.81”E), reef slope, 14-19 m, 7.IV.2008. — ZMTAU Co 34528, Grande Ravine (21°07.922’S, 55°16.095’E), reef slope, 16-20 m, 24.XI.2008, leg. M. Aknin.

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FIG. 13. — Live colonies of: A, B, Lobophytum depressum Tixier-Durivault, 1966; A, with extended polyps; B, with retracted polyps; C, D, Lobophytum latilobatum Verseveldt, 1971; C, with extended polyps; D, with retracted polyps; E, Lobophytum pauciflorum (Ehrenberg, 1834); F, Rhytisma fulvum fulvum (Forskål, 1775).