''Lobularia'' is a
genus
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of
soft corals in the
family
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.
Former species
According to the World Register of Marine Species, none of the
species
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previously classified in this genus are accepted as members. So while the genus exists, it is unoccupied.
Previously classified species and their new accepted classifications are as follows:
*''Lobularia digitata''
(Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as ''
Alcyonium digitatum
''Alcyonium digitatum'' or dead man's fingers is a species of soft coral in the family Alcyoniidae. It is found around the coasts of the northern Atlantic Ocean and other temperate waters such as the South Pacific.
Description
Dead man's fingers ...
''
Linnaeus, 1758
*''Lobularia pauciflora''
(Ehrenberg, 1834) accepted as ''
Cladiella pauciflora
''Cladiella'' is a genus of soft corals native to the Indo-Pacific region. These corals are commonly known as colt corals or finger leather corals and are often kept in reef aquaria. They grow fast, have short rounded or conical lobes and are s ...
''
Ehrenberg, 1834
*''Lobularia rubiformis''
Eherenberg, 1834 accepted as ''
Gersemia rubiformis
''Gersemia rubiformis'', commonly known as the sea strawberry, is a species of soft coral in the family Nephtheidae. It is found in the northwest Atlantic and the northeast Pacific Oceans.
Description
''Gersemia rubiformis'' is a colonial cora ...
''
(Ehrenberg, 1834)
*''Lobularia spinulosum''
(Delle Chiajie, 1822) accepted as ''
Paralcyonium spinulosum''
Delle Chiaje, 1822
References
Alcyoniidae
Octocorallia genera
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