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Acanthogorgiidae
Acanthogorgiidae is a family of cnidarians belonging to the order Alcyonacea. Genera: * '' Acanthogorgia'' Gray, 1857 * '' Anthogorgia'' Verrill, 1868 * '' Ascolepis'' * '' Calcigorgia'' Broch, 1935 * '' Calicogorgia'' Thomson & Henderson, 1906 * '' Callicigorgia'' * '' Cyclomuricea'' Nutting, 1908 * ''Muricella ''Muricella'' is a genus of corals Corals are marine invertebrates within the class Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. They typically form compact colonies of many identical individual polyps. Coral species include the important reef builders ...'' Verrill, 1868 * '' Versluysia'' Nutting, 1910 References Holaxonia Cnidarian families {{octocorallia-stub ...
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Acanthogorgiidae
Acanthogorgiidae is a family of cnidarians belonging to the order Alcyonacea. Genera: * '' Acanthogorgia'' Gray, 1857 * '' Anthogorgia'' Verrill, 1868 * '' Ascolepis'' * '' Calcigorgia'' Broch, 1935 * '' Calicogorgia'' Thomson & Henderson, 1906 * '' Callicigorgia'' * '' Cyclomuricea'' Nutting, 1908 * ''Muricella ''Muricella'' is a genus of corals Corals are marine invertebrates within the class Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. They typically form compact colonies of many identical individual polyps. Coral species include the important reef builders ...'' Verrill, 1868 * '' Versluysia'' Nutting, 1910 References Holaxonia Cnidarian families {{octocorallia-stub ...
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Muricella Plectana
''Muricella'' is a genus of corals belonging to the family Acanthogorgiidae. The species of this genus are found in Pacific and Indian Ocean, Caribbean. Species Species: *''Muricella abnormalis'' *''Muricella argentea'' *''Muricella aruensis ''Muricella'' is a genus of corals belonging to the family Acanthogorgiidae. The species of this genus are found in Pacific and Indian Ocean, Caribbean. Species Species: *''Muricella abnormalis'' *''Muricella argentea ''Muricella'' is a ...'' References Octocorallia genera Acanthogorgiidae {{octocorallia-stub ...
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Acanthogorgia
''Acanthogorgia'' is a genus of corals belonging to the family Acanthogorgiidae Acanthogorgiidae is a family of cnidarians belonging to the order Alcyonacea. Genera: * '' Acanthogorgia'' Gray, 1857 * '' Anthogorgia'' Verrill, 1868 * '' Ascolepis'' * '' Calcigorgia'' Broch, 1935 * '' Calicogorgia'' Thomson & Henderson, 1906 * .... The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Species Species: *'' Acanthogorgia acrosoma'' *'' Acanthogorgia aldabra'' *'' Acanthogorgia angustiflora'' References Octocorallia genera Acanthogorgiidae {{octocorallia-stub ...
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Muricella
''Muricella'' is a genus of corals Corals are marine invertebrates within the class Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. They typically form compact colonies of many identical individual polyps. Coral species include the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans and secr ... belonging to the family Acanthogorgiidae. The species of this genus are found in Pacific and Indian Ocean, Caribbean. Species Species: *'' Muricella abnormalis'' *'' Muricella argentea'' *'' Muricella aruensis'' References Octocorallia genera Acanthogorgiidae {{octocorallia-stub ...
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Anthogorgia
''Anthogorgia'' is a genus of corals belonging to the family Acanthogorgiidae Acanthogorgiidae is a family of cnidarians belonging to the order Alcyonacea. Genera: * '' Acanthogorgia'' Gray, 1857 * '' Anthogorgia'' Verrill, 1868 * '' Ascolepis'' * '' Calcigorgia'' Broch, 1935 * '' Calicogorgia'' Thomson & Henderson, 1906 * .... The species of this genus are found in Pacific and Indian Ocean. Species: *'' Anthogorgia agraricus'' *'' Anthogorgia annectens'' *'' Anthogorgia aurea'' *'' Anthogorgia bocki'' *'' Anthogorgia caerulea'' *'' Anthogorgia divaricata'' *'' Anthogorgia glomerata'' *'' Anthogorgia grandiflora'' *'' Anthogorgia japonica'' *'' Anthogorgia ochracea'' *'' Anthogorgia racemosa'' *'' Anthogorgia verrilli'' *'' Anthogorgia verrilli'' References Octocorallia genera Acanthogorgiidae {{octocorallia-stub ...
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Ascolepis (cnidarian)
Ascolepis may refer to: * ''Ascolepis'', a genus of corals in the family Acanthogorgiidae, synonym of '' Fannyella'' * ''Ascolepis'', a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, synonym of ''Cyperus ''Cyperus'' is a large genus of about 700 species of sedges, distributed throughout all continents in both tropical and temperate regions. Description They are annual or perennial plants, mostly aquatic and growing in still or slow-moving w ...
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Holaxonia
Holaxonia is a suborder of soft corals, a member of the phylum Cnidaria.Holaxonia
World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-12-03.
Members of this suborder are sometimes known as gorgonians and include the sea blades, the sea fans, the sea rods and the sea whips. These soft corals are colonial, sessile organisms and are generally tree-like in structure. They do not have a hard skeleton composed of calcium carbonate but have a firm but pliable, central axial skeleton composed of a fibrous called

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Alcyonacea
Alcyonacea, or soft corals, are an order of corals. In addition to the fleshy soft corals, the order Alcyonacea now contains all species previously known as "gorgonian corals", that produce a more or less hard skeleton, though quite different from "true" corals (Scleractinia). These can be found in suborders Holaxonia, Scleraxonia, and Stolonifera. They are sessile colonial cnidarians that are found throughout the oceans of the world, especially in the deep sea, polar waters, tropics and subtropics. Common names for subsets of this order are sea fans and sea whips; others are similar to the sea pens of related order Pennatulacea. Individual tiny polyps form colonies that are normally erect, flattened, branching, and reminiscent of a fan. Others may be whiplike, bushy, or even encrusting. A colony can be several feet high and across, but only a few inches thick. They may be brightly coloured, often purple, red, or yellow. Photosynthetic gorgonians can be successfully kept in c ...
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Cnidaria
Cnidaria () is a phylum under kingdom Animalia containing over 11,000 species of aquatic animals found both in freshwater and marine environments, predominantly the latter. Their distinguishing feature is cnidocytes, specialized cells that they use mainly for capturing prey. Their bodies consist of mesoglea, a non-living jelly-like substance, sandwiched between two layers of epithelium that are mostly one cell thick. Cnidarians mostly have two basic body forms: swimming medusae and sessile polyps, both of which are radially symmetrical with mouths surrounded by tentacles that bear cnidocytes. Both forms have a single orifice and body cavity that are used for digestion and respiration. Many cnidarian species produce colonies that are single organisms composed of medusa-like or polyp-like zooids, or both (hence they are trimorphic). Cnidarians' activities are coordinated by a decentralized nerve net and simple receptors. Several free-swimming species of Cubozoa and Scyphozo ...
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Hippocampus Bargibanti
''Hippocampus bargibanti'', also known as Bargibant's seahorse or the pygmy seahorse, is a seahorse of the family Syngnathidae found in the central Indo-Pacific area. It is tiny, usually less than in size and lives exclusively on fan corals.Epoch Times Staff. (8/11/2011.) "Science in Pictures: Pygmy Seahorses." ''The Epoch Times, Northern California Edition''. There are two known color variations: grey with red tubercles, and yellow with orange tubercles. It is unknown whether these color varieties are linked to specific host gorgonians (corals).Reijnen, B.T., van der Meij, S.E.T., van Ofwegen, L.P. (2011) "Fish, fans and hydroids: host species of pygmy seahorses." ''ZooKeys'' 103: 1-26. Description The pygmy seahorse is well camouflaged and extremely difficult to spot amongst the gorgonian coral it inhabits. So effective is this camouflage that the species wasn't actually discovered until its host gorgonian was being examined in a laboratory.ARKive species fact-file In 1969 ...
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