Acanthogorgiidae

Acanthogorgiidae is a family of cnidarians belonging to the order Alcyonacea.[1]

Acanthogorgiidae
Image of Gorgonian coral Muricella plectana with a well-camouflaged Pygmy seahorse. Hippocampus bargibanti. Taken at Lembeh Straits, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Octocorallia
Order: Alcyonacea
Family: Acanthogorgiidae

Genera:[1]

  • Acanthogorgia Gray, 1857
  • Anthogorgia Verrill, 1868
  • Ascolepis
  • Calcigorgia Broch, 1935
  • Calicogorgia Thomson & Henderson, 1906
  • Callicigorgia
  • Cyclomuricea Nutting, 1908
  • Muricella Verrill, 1868
  • Versluysia Nutting, 1910

References
  1. "Acanthogorgiidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 29 May 2021.


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