Dendronephthya

Dendronephthya
Dendronephthya sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Subphylum:	Anthozoa
Class:	Octocorallia
Order:	Alcyonacea
Family:	Nephtheidae
Genus:	Dendronephthya Kükenthal, 1905
Synonyms
Spongodes [1]

Dendronephthya sp.

Dendronephthya is a genus of soft corals in the family Nephtheidae. ^[2] There are over 250 described species in this genus. They are sometimes kept in aquariums, but are notoriously difficult to keep, requiring a near constant supply of small foods such as phytoplankton.

Species

• Dendronephthya acaulis Kükenthal, 1906
• Dendronephthya aculeata Kükenthal, 1905
• Dendronephthya agaricoides Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya alba Utinomi, 1952
• Dendronephthya albogilva Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya alcocki Thomson & Henderson, 1906
• Dendronephthya alexanderi Nutting, 1908
• Dendronephthya amaebisclera Thomson & Dean, 1931
• Dendronephthya ambigua Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya andamanensis Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya andersoni Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya anguina Wright & Studer, 1889
• Dendronephthya annectens Sherriffs, 1922
• Dendronephthya arakanensis Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya arborea May, 1899
• Dendronephthya arbuscula Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya argentea Kükenthal, 1905
• Dendronephthya armata Holm, 1895
• Dendronephthya armifer Thomson & Dean, 1931
• Dendronephthya aruensis Kükenthal, 1910
• Dendronephthya aspera Tixier-Durivault & Prevor, 1960
• Dendronephthya aurantiaca Thomson & Henderson, 1906
• Dendronephthya aurea Utinomi, 1952
• Dendronephthya aurora Ridley, 1887
• Dendronephthya australis Kükenthal, 1905
• Dendronephthya biformata Harrison, 1908
• Dendronephthya binongkoensis Verseveldt, 1966
• Dendronephthya boletiformis Ridley, 1887
• Dendronephthya bonnieri Verseveldt, 1960
• Dendronephthya booleyi Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya boschmai Verseveldt, 1966
• Dendronephthya brachycaulos Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya brevirama Burchardt, 1898
• Dendronephthya bruuni Verseveldt & van Ofwegen, 1991
• Dendronephthya caerula Kükenthal, 1905
• Dendronephthya candida Pütter, 1900
• Dendronephthya carnea Wright & Studer, 1889
• Dendronephthya castanea Utinomi, 1952
• Dendronephthya cervicornus Wright & Studer, 1889
• Dendronephthya chimnoi Harrison, 1908
• Dendronephthya cirsium Kükenthal, 1905
• Dendronephthya clara Tixier-Durivault & Prevor, 1960
• Dendronephthya clavata Kükenthal, 1905
• Dendronephthya cocosiensis Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya colemani Verseveldt, 1977
• Dendronephthya collaris Wright & Studer, 1889
• Dendronephthya colombiensis Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya composita Tixier-Durivault & Prevor, 1962
• Dendronephthya conica Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya coronata Wright & Studer, 1889
• Dendronephthya costatorubra Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya crassa Tixier-Durivault & Prevor, 1960
• Dendronephthya crosslandi Thomson & Henderson, 1906
• Dendronephthya crystallina Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya curvata Kükenthal, 1905
• Dendronephthya decipiens Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya decussatospinosa Utinomi, 1952
• Dendronephthya delicatissima Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya dendritica Utinomi, 1954
• Dendronephthya dendrophyta Wright & Studer, 1889
• Dendronephthya densa Kükenthal, 1906
• Dendronephthya depressa Kükenthal, 1895
• Dendronephthya devexa Tixier-Durivault & Prevor, 1960
• Dendronephthya dichotoma Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya disciformis Kükenthal, 1905
• Dendronephthya divaricata Gray, 1862
• Dendronephthya doederleini Kükenthal, 1905
• Dendronephthya dofleini Kükenthal, 1905
• Dendronephthya dollfusi Tixier-Durivault & Prevor, 1962
• Dendronephthya dromidicola Utinomi, 1952
• Dendronephthya eburnea Kükenthal, 1905
• Dendronephthya echinata Tixier-Durivault & Prevor, 1959
• Dendronephthya ehrenbergi Kükenthal, 1904
• Dendronephthya electa Tixier-Durivault & Prevor, 1962
• Dendronephthya elegans Harrison, 1908
• Dendronephthya elongata Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya erinacea Kükenthal, 1905
• Dendronephthya fallax Tixier-Durivault & Prevor, 1962
• Dendronephthya featherensis Verseveldt, 1977
• Dendronephthya filigrana Kükenthal, 1906
• Dendronephthya fischeri Tixier-Durivault & Prevor, 1960
• Dendronephthya flabellifera Studer, 1888
• Dendronephthya flammea Sherriffs, 1922
• Dendronephthya flava May, 1899
• Dendronephthya florida Esper, 1791
• Dendronephthya foliata Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya folifera Pütter, 1900
• Dendronephthya formosa Gravier, 1908
• Dendronephthya fragilis Tixier-Durivault & Prevor, 1960
• Dendronephthya furcata Utinomi, 1952
• Dendronephthya fusca Studer, 1894
• Dendronephthya ganjamensis Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya gardineri Thomson & Mackinnon, 1909
• Dendronephthya gigantea Verrill, 1864
• Dendronephthya gilva Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya gloriosa Utinomi, 1952
• Dendronephthya golgotha Utinomi, 1952
• Dendronephthya gracillima Kükenthal, 1905
• Dendronephthya grandiflora Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya gravieri Kükenthal, 1910
• Dendronephthya gregoriensis Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya griffini Roxas, 1933
• Dendronephthya guggenheimi Roxas, 1933
• Dendronephthya habereri Kükenthal, 1905
• Dendronephthya hadzii Tixier-Durivault & Prevor, 1959
• Dendronephthya halterosclera Thomson & Dean, 1931
• Dendronephthya harrisoni Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya hartmeyeri Kükenthal, 1903
• Dendronephthya hemprichi Klunzinger, 1877
• Dendronephthya heterocyathus Wright & Studer, 1889
• Dendronephthya hicksoni Kükenthal, 1905
• Dendronephthya hirsuta Tixier-Durivault & Prevor, 1960
• Dendronephthya hyalina Kükenthal, 1905
• Dendronephthya hystricosa Verseveldt & van Ofwegen, 1991
• Dendronephthya inconfusa Tixier-Durivault & Prevor, 1962
• Dendronephthya inermis Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya inhacaensis Verseveldt, 1960
• Dendronephthya investigata Tixier-Durivault & Prevor, 1962
• Dendronephthya involuta Kükenthal, 1895
• Dendronephthya irregularis Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya japonica Kükenthal, 1905
• Dendronephthya jucunda Tixier-Durivault & Prevor, 1960
• Dendronephthya klunzingeri Studer, 1888
• Dendronephthya koellikeri Kükenthal, 1905
• Dendronephthya kukenthali Gravier, 1908
• Dendronephthya kukenthali Thomson & Henderson, 1906
• Dendronephthya lanxifera Holm, 1895
• Dendronephthya latipes Tixier-Durivault & Prevor, 1960
• Dendronephthya laxa Wright & Studer, 1889
• Dendronephthya lokobeensis Verseveldt
• Dendronephthya longicaulis Kükenthal, 1905
• Dendronephthya longispina Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya lutea Kükenthal, 1905
• Dendronephthya macrocaulis Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya macrospina Wright & Studer, 1889
• Dendronephthya magna Tixier-Durivault & Prevor, 1960
• Dendronephthya magnacantha Nutting, 1912
• Dendronephthya malabarensis Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya malaya Roxas, 1933
• Dendronephthya manyanensis Roxas, 1933
• Dendronephthya marenzelleri Kükenthal, 1905
• Dendronephthya masoni Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya maxima Kükenthal, 1905
• Dendronephthya mayi Kükenthal, 1904
• Dendronephthya merguiensis Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya mertoni Kükenthal, 1910
• Dendronephthya mexicana Kükenthal, 1905
• Dendronephthya michaelseni Kükenthal, 1910
• Dendronephthya microspiculata Pütter, 1900
• Dendronephthya minima Verseveldt, 1966
• Dendronephthya mirabilis Tixier-Durivault & Prevorsek, 1962
• Dendronephthya miriabilis Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya mirifica Tixier-Durivault, 1972
• Dendronephthya mollis Holm, 1895
• Dendronephthya monticulosa Wright & Studer, 1889
• Dendronephthya mortenseni Tixier-Durivault & Prevor, 1959
• Dendronephthya moseri Roxas, 1933
• Dendronephthya mucronata Pütter, 1900
• Dendronephthya multispinosa Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya mutabilis Tixier-Durivault & Prevor, 1962
• Dendronephthya natalensis Tixier-Durivault & Prevor, 1960
• Dendronephthya nicobarensis Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya nigrescens Kükenthal, 1905
• Dendronephthya nigripes Nutting, 1912
• Dendronephthya nigrotincta Ridley, 1887
• Dendronephthya nipponica Utinomi, 1952
• Dendronephthya noumeensis Verseveldt, 1974
• Dendronephthya novaezeelandiae Kükenthal, 1905
• Dendronephthya obtusa Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya ochracea Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya orientalis Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya ovata Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya oviformis Nutting, 1912
• Dendronephthya padavensis Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya palaoensis Utinomi, 1952
• Dendronephthya pallida Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya palmata Utinomi, 1952
• Dendronephthya parvula Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya pectinata Holm, 1895
• Dendronephthya pectinata Song, 1976
• Dendronephthya pellucida Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya pentagona Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya persica Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya pharonis Thomson & McQueen, 1911
• Dendronephthya planoregularis Burchardt, 1898
• Dendronephthya puetteri Kükenthal, 1905
• Dendronephthya pulchella Utinomi, 1952
• Dendronephthya pulchra Thomson & Henderson, 1905
• Dendronephthya pumilio Studer, 1888
• Dendronephthya punctata Kükenthal, 1906
• Dendronephthya punicea Studer, 1888
• Dendronephthya purpurea Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya pustulosa Wright & Studer, 1889
• Dendronephthya pyriformis Verseveldt & van Ofwegen, 1991
• Dendronephthya quadrata Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya querciformis Kükenthal, 1906
• Dendronephthya radiata Kükenthal, 1905
• Dendronephthya ramulosa Gray, 1862
• Dendronephthya regia Verseveldt, 1968
• Dendronephthya repens Kükenthal, 1905
• Dendronephthya reticulata Thomson & Dean, 1931
• Dendronephthya revelata Tixier-Durivault & Prevor, 1962
• Dendronephthya rigida Studer, 1888
• Dendronephthya robusta Kükenthal, 1895
• Dendronephthya roemeri Kükenthal, 1911
• Dendronephthya rosamondae Boone, 1938
• Dendronephthya rosea Kükenthal, 1895
• Dendronephthya rubeola Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya rubescens Harrison, 1908
• Dendronephthya rubescens Thomson & Dean, 1931
• Dendronephthya rubra May, 1899
• Dendronephthya savignyi Ehrenberg, 1843
• Dendronephthya semperi Studer, 1888
• Dendronephthya simplex Sherriffs, 1922
• Dendronephthya sinaiensis Verseveldt, 1971
• Dendronephthya sinensis Pütter, 1900
• Dendronephthya snelliusi Verseveldt, 1966
• Dendronephthya speciosa Kükenthal, 1905
• Dendronephthya spinifera Holm, 1895
• Dendronephthya spinosa Gray, 1862
• Dendronephthya spinulosa Gray, 1862
• Dendronephthya spissa Tixier-Durivault & Prevor, 1962
• Dendronephthya spongiosa Tixier-Durivault & Prevor, 1959
• Dendronephthya staphyloidea Verseveldt & van Ofwegen, 1991
• Dendronephthya stockci Verseveldt, 1968
• Dendronephthya stolonifera May, 1899
• Dendronephthya studeri Ridley, 1884
• Dendronephthya suensoni Holm, 1895
• Dendronephthya suesiana Thomson & McQueen, 1908
• Dendronephthya suluensis Verseveldt, 1966
• Dendronephthya surugaensis Imahara, 1977
• Dendronephthya tabaensis Verseveldt & Cohen, 1971
• Dendronephthya tenera Holm, 1895
• Dendronephthya tenuis Tixier-Durivault & Prevor, 1960
• Dendronephthya thomsoni Harrison, 1908
• Dendronephthya thuja Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya tixierae d'Hondt, 1977
• Dendronephthya translucens Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya tripartita Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya tuberculata Utinomi, 1952
• Dendronephthya uliginosa Thomson & Henderson, 1906
• Dendronephthya umbellata Wright & Studer, 1889
• Dendronephthya utinomii Tixier-Durivault & Prevor, 1959
• Dendronephthya variata Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya varicolor Henderson, 1909
• Dendronephthya vervoorti Verseveldt & van Ofwegen, 1991
• Dendronephthya villosa Kükenthal, 1905
• Dendronephthya waitei Thomson & Mackinnon, 1911
• Dendronephthya weberi Verseveldt, 1966
• Dendronephthya wijsmanae Verseveldt, 1974
• Dendronephthya yamamotoi Utinomi, 1954
• Dendronephthya zanzibarensis Thomson & Henderson, 1906

References

1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Spongodes". Marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Dendronephthya Kuekenthal, 1905". Marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2012-06-05.

External links

• Media related to Dendronephthya at Wikimedia Commons