Virgulariidae
Also known as: Slender Sea Pens, Slender sea pens, Виргулариды, ヤナギウミエラ科, ヤナギウミエラ／ウミヤナギ科
Classification
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Cnidaria |
| Class | Anthozoa |
| Order | Scleralcyonacea |
| Family | Virgulariidae |
| Published in | Verrill, A.E. 1868. Notes on Radiata in the Museum of Yale College. No. 6. Review of the corals and polyps of the west coast of America. - Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 1: 377-422. |
| Habitat | MARINE |
| Genera | 7 |
| Species records held | 64 |
| Descendant taxa (GBIF) | 96 |
| GBIF key | 7308 |
Genera in Virgulariidae
- Virgularia — 34 species: Virgularia abies, Virgularia agassizii, Virgularia alba, Virgularia andamanensis, Virgularia australis, Virgularia brochi, Virgularia bromleyi, Virgularia calycina
- Stylatula — 14 species: Stylatula antillarum, Stylatula austropacifica, Stylatula brasiliensis, Stylatula columbiana, Stylatula darwinii, Stylatula diadema, Stylatula diminutiva, Stylatula elegans
- Acanthoptilum — 8 species: Acanthoptilum agassizii, Acanthoptilum album, Acanthoptilum annulatum, Acanthoptilum gracile, Acanthoptilum longifolium, Acanthoptilum oligacis, Acanthoptilum pourtalesii, Acanthoptilum scalpellifolium
- Scytalium — 5 species: Scytalium balssii, Scytalium herklotsi, Scytalium martensii, Scytalium sarsii, Scytalium tentaculatum
- Grasshoffia — 2 species: Grasshoffia profundica, Grasshoffia virgularioides
- Scytaliopsis — 1 species: Scytaliopsis djiboutiensis
- Emmonsaspis
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.