Villogorgia

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Villogorgia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Alcyonacea
Family: Plexauridae
Genus: Villogorgia
Duchassaing & Michelloti, 1862 [1]
Species
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Villagorgia is a genus of gorgonian-type octocorals in the family Plexauridae.

Species

The World Register of Marine Species lists these species: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Duchassaing & Michelloti (1862). "Villogorgia". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2019-01-05.