Nephthyigorgia

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Nephthyigorgia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Subphylum: Anthozoa
Class: Octocorallia
Order: Malacalcyonacea
Family: Nephthyigorgiidae
McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
Genus: Nephthyigorgia
Kükenthal, 1910

Nephthyigorgia is a genus of soft corals of the monotypic family Nephthyigorgiidae. [1] The genus was formerly place in family Nidaliidae. [2]

Species

The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species as accepted. [3]

References

  1. World List of Octocorallia. McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (eds.). "Nephthyigorgiidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024". World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  2. McFadden, Catherine S.; Van Ofwegen, Leen P.; Quattrini, Andrea M. (2022). "Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics". Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists. 1 (3). doi: 10.18061/bssb.v1i3.8735 .
  3. van Ofwegen, L. (2014). Nephthyigorgia Kükenthal, 1910. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=517564 on 2015-02-08