Paralcyoniidae

Paralcyoniidae is a family of soft corals in the phylum Cnidaria.[2]

Paralcyoniidae
Maasella edwardsi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Alcyonacea
Suborder: Alcyoniina
Family: Paralcyoniidae
Gray, 1869 [1]
Genera
See text

Genera

The World Register of Marine Species includes the following genera in this family :[1]

  • Carotalcyon Utinomi, 1952
  • Ceeceenus van Ofwegen & Benayahu, 2006
  • Dimorphophyton Williams, 2000
  • Maasella Poche, 1914
  • Nanalcyon Imahara, 2013
  • Paralcyonium Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1850
  • Studeriotes Thomson & Simpson, 1909

References
  1. van Ofwegen, Leen (2015). "Paralcyoniidae - Gray, 1869". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2015-06-09.
  2. Fabricius, Katharina; Alderslade, Philip (2001). 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. ISBN 978-0-642-32210-4.


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