Edit the description's bibliography
References that assist with identification
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Fabricius, K. and P. Alderslade
(2001).
in: Soft corals and sea fans: a comprehensive guide to the tropical shallow water genera of the central-west Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville.
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McFadden, C.S., P. Alderslade, L.P. van Ofwegen, H. Johnsen and A. Rusmevichientong
(2006).
Phylogenetic relationships within the tropical soft coral genera Sarcophyton and Lobophytum (Anthozoa, Octocorallia), Invertebrate Biology, 125: 288-305.
Other references
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Fabricius, K.E.
(1995).
Slow population turnover in the soft coral genera Sinularia and Sarcophyton on mid- and outer-shelf reefs of the Great Barrier Reef, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 126: 145-152.
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Goulet, T.L., T.C. LaJeunesse and K.E. Fabricius
(2008).
Symbiont specificity and bleaching susceptibility among soft corals in the 1998 Great Barrier Reef mass coral bleaching event, Marine Biology, 154: 795-804.
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Hellstrom, M., K.D. Kavanagh and J.A.H. Benzie
(2010).
Multiple spawning events and sexual reproduction in the octocoral Sarcophyton elegans (Cnidaria: Alcyonacea) on Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Marine Biology, 157: 383-392.
LIRS catalog number 1314.
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Michalek-Wagner, K., D.J. Bourne and B.F. Bowden
(2001).
The effects of different strains of zooxanthellae on the secondary metabolite chemistry and development of the soft-coral host Lobophytum compactum. Marine Biology 138: 753-760, Marine Biology, 138: 753-760.
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Michalek-Wagner, K. and B.L. Willis
(2001).
Impacts of bleaching on the soft coral Lobophytum compactum. I. Fecundity, fertilisation, and offspring viability, Coral Reefs, 19: 231-239.
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Pratchett, M.
(2005).
Dietary overlap among coral-feeding butterflyfishes (Chaetodontidae) at Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef, Marine Biology, 148: 373-382.
LIRS catalog number 941.