''Acanthogorgia'' is a genus of
corals
Corals are marine invertebrates within the class (biology), class Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. They typically form compact Colony (biology), colonies of many identical individual polyp (zoology), polyps. Coral species include the important C ...
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
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...
.
Species
Species:
*''
Acanthogorgia acrosoma''
*''
Acanthogorgia aldabra''
*''
Acanthogorgia angustiflora''
References
Octocorallia genera
Acanthogorgiidae
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