| Paraminabea aldersladei | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Subphylum: | Anthozoa |
| Class: | Octocorallia |
| Order: | Malacalcyonacea |
| Family: | Alcyoniidae |
| Genus: | Paraminabea |
| Species: | P. aldersladei |
| Binomial name | |
| Paraminabea aldersladei (Williams, 1992) | |
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Paraminabea aldersladei is a species of soft coral in the family Alcyoniidae. It is found in the central Indo-Pacific. [2] This coral looks like an upside down carrot growing out of the substrate. Its striking white polyps are extended only at night to feed.