Nephtheidae
Also known as: Bäumchen-Weichkorallen, チジミトサカ科, チヂミトサカ科, 穗珊瑚科, 곤봉바다맨드라미과
Classification
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Cnidaria |
| Class | Anthozoa |
| Order | Malacalcyonacea |
| Family | Nephtheidae |
| Published in | Gray, J. E. (1862). Description of some new species of Spoggodes and a new allied genus (Morchellana) in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 10: 69–73. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id= |
| Habitat | MARINE |
| Genera | 15 |
| Species records held | 452 |
| Descendant taxa (GBIF) | 534 |
| GBIF key | 2263109 |
Genera in Nephtheidae
- Dendronephthya — 249 species: Dendronephthya acaulis, Dendronephthya aculeata, Dendronephthya agaricoides, Dendronephthya alba, Dendronephthya albogilva, Dendronephthya alcocki, Dendronephthya alexanderi, Dendronephthya ambigua
- Litophyton — 85 species: Litophyton acuticonicum, Litophyton acutum, Litophyton amboinensis, Litophyton amentaceum, Litophyton arboreum, Litophyton armatum, Litophyton bayeri, Litophyton bedfordi
- Chromonephthea — 51 species: Chromonephthea aldersladei, Chromonephthea aurantiaca, Chromonephthea bayeri, Chromonephthea benayahui, Chromonephthea braziliensis, Chromonephthea brevis, Chromonephthea bundegiensis, Chromonephthea cairnsi
- Stereonephthya — 39 species: Stereonephthya acaulis, Stereonephthya acicularis, Stereonephthya armata, Stereonephthya aurantiaca, Stereonephthya bellissima, Stereonephthya campanulata, Stereonephthya celosia, Stereonephthya cordylophora
- Scleronephthya — 11 species: Scleronephthya corymbosa, Scleronephthya crassa, Scleronephthya flexilis, Scleronephthya gracillima, Scleronephthya hengchunensis, Scleronephthya indica, Scleronephthya lewinsohni, Scleronephthya macrospina
- Umbellulifera — 6 species: Umbellulifera formosa, Umbellulifera graeffei, Umbellulifera oreni, Umbellulifera petasites, Umbellulifera planoregularis, Umbellulifera striata
- Daniela — 2 species: Daniela koreni, Daniela viridis
- Spongodes — 2 species: Spongodes merleti, Spongodes microspiculata
- Chondronephthya — 1 species: Chondronephthya fusca
- Coronephthya — 1 species: Coronephthya macrospiculata
- Dactylonephthya — 1 species: Dactylonephthya granulata
- Lemnalioides — 1 species: Lemnalioides kukenthali
- Neospongodes — 1 species: Neospongodes atlantica
- Pacifiphyton — 1 species: Pacifiphyton bollandi
- Sclerella — 1 species: Sclerella pratti
Source and Attribution
Taxonomic rank data on this page is drawn from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi.org/10.15468/39omei, GBIF Secretariat, licensed CC BY 4.0. Member-species counts are counts of records held in the Sanctum species index, not a claim of completeness for the family.