Echinogorgia

Echinogorgia is a genus of corals belonging to the family Plexauridae.[1]

Echinogorgia
Echinogorgia, sea-fan
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Octocorallia
Order: Alcyonacea
Family: Plexauridae
Genus: Echinogorgia
Kölliker, 1865

The species of this genus are found in Pacific and Indian Ocean.[1]

Species

The amount of estimated species is 50.[2]

Species:[1]

  • Echinogorgia abietina Kükenthal, 1919
  • Echinogorgia armata (Kükenthal, 1909)
  • Echinogorgia aurantiaca (Valenciennes, 1855)

References
  1. "Echinogorgia Kölliker, 1865". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  2. "Reef Corals of the Indo-Malayan Seas: Genus Echinogorgia". indo-malayan-reef-corals.linnaeus.naturalis.nl. Retrieved 2024-04-27.


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