Primnoidae

Primnoidae
Narella sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Alcyonacea
Suborder: Calcaxonia
Family: Primnoidae
Milne Edwards, 1857 [1]
Genera
See text
A field of the soft coral Callogorgia sp. with its ophiuroid symbiont

Primnoidae is a family of soft corals.

Genera

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

  • Acanthoprimnoa Cairns & Bayer, 2004
  • Aglaoprimnoa Bayer, 1996
  • Ainigmaptilon Dean, 1926
  • Armadillogorgia Bayer, 1980
  • Arntzia López-González, Gili & Orejas, 2002
  • Arthrogorgia Kükenthal, 1908
  • Australisis Bayer & Stefani, 1987
  • Australogorgia Cairns & Bayer, 2009
  • Callogorgia Gray, 1858
  • Callozostron Wright, 1885
  • Calyptrophora Gray, 1866
  • Canarya Ocaña & van Ofwegen, 2003
  • Candidella Bayer, 1954
  • Convexella Bayer, 1996
  • Dasystenella Versluys, 1906
  • Dicholaphis Kinoshita, 1907
  • Digitogorgia Zapata-Guardiola & Lopez-González, 2010
  • Fanellia Gray, 1870
  • Fannyella Gray, 1872
  • Helicoprimnoa Cairns, 2012
  • Heptaprimnoa Cairns, 2012
  • Matanarella Cairns, 2012
  • Metafannyella Cairns & Bayer, 2009
  • Microprimnoa Bayer & Stefani, 1989
  • Mirostenella Bayer, 1988
  • Narella Gray, 1870
  • Narelloides Cairns, 2012
  • Onogorgia Cairns & Bayer, 2009
  • Ophidiogorgia Bayer, 1980
  • Paracalyptrophora Kinoshita, 1908
  • Paranarella Cairns, 2007
  • Parastenella Versluys, 1906
  • Perissogorgia Bayer & Stefani, 1989
  • Plumarella Gray, 1870
  • Primnoa Lamouroux, 1812
  • Primnocapsa Zapata-Guardiola & López-González, 2012
  • Primnoeides Studer & Wright, 1887
  • Primnoella Gray, 1858
  • Pseudoplumarella Kükenthal, 1915
  • Pterostenella Versluys, 1906
  • Pyrogorgia Cairns & Bayer, 2009
  • Scopaegorgia Zapata-Guardiola & Lopez-González, 2010
  • Tauroprimnoa Zapata-Guardiola & Lopez-González, 2010
  • Thouarella Gray, 1870
  • Tokoprymno Bayer, 1996

References

  1. 1 2 van Ofwegen, Leen (2014). "Primnoidae Milne Edwards, 1857". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2015-03-22.


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