Litophyton, Forskal, 1775

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4764.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3803536
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treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Litophyton
status

Key to the species of Litophyton View in CoL group III (6 species)

(polyps with many scales)

1. Interior of the base of the stalk with small spindles with side branches.................................... L. legiopolypum View in CoL

-. No interior stalk spindles with side branches.................................................................... 2

2. Interior of the base of the stalk with short (<1mm) spindles with pointed or blunt ends.................................. 3

-. Interior of the base of the stalk with long (> 1mm) pointed spindles.................................................. 5

3. Stalk sclerites with simple tubercles.................................................................... L. simplex View in CoL

-. Stalk sclerites with simple and complex tubercles................................................................ 4

4. Interior stalk sclerites with pointed ends............................................................. L. squamatum View in CoL

-. Interior stalk sclerites with blunt and pointed ends....................................................... L. oxleyensis View in CoL

5. Slender interior stalk sclerites, few unilaterally spinose spindles........................................... L. brewerensis View in CoL

- Wide interior stalk spindles and many unilaterally spinose spindles......................................... L. snakeensis View in CoL