Species under Sarcophyton
n= 17
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Sarcophyton acutum
Tixier-Durivault, 1970
Western Central Pacific
Sarcophyton buitendijki
Verseveldt, 1982
Northwest Pacific
Sarcophyton cinereum
Tixier-Durivault, 1946
Western Central Pacific
Sarcophyton crassocaule
Moser, 1919
Western Pacific
Sarcophyton crassum
Tixier-Durivault, 1946
Western Central Pacific
Sarcophyton digitatum
Moser, 1919
Western Central Pacific
Sarcophyton ehrenbergi
von Marenzeller, 1886
Western Pacific
Sarcophyton elegans
Moser, 1919
Western Central Pacific
Sarcophyton glaucum
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Leather-soft mushroom Western Pacific
Sarcophyton infundibuliforme
Tixier-Durivault, 1958
Western Pacific
Sarcophyton latum
(Dana, 1846)
Western Central Pacific
Sarcophyton minusculum
Samimi Namin & van Ofwegen, 2009
Indo-Pacific
Sarcophyton nanwanensis
Benayahu & Perkol-Finkel, 2004
Northwest Pacific
Sarcophyton portentosum
Tixier-Durivault, 1970
Western Central Pacific
Sarcophyton regulare
Tixier-Durivault, 1946
Western Central Pacific
Sarcophyton tenuispiculatum
Thomson & Dean, 1931
Hardy leather coral Western Pacific
Sarcophyton trocheliophorum
von Marenzeller, 1886
Fleshy soft coral Indo-Pacific
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