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Dendronephthya

Anthozoa - Alcyonacea - Nephtheidae

Taxonomy
Dendronephthya was named by Kuekenthal (1905). It is extant.

It was assigned to Nephtheidae by Linklater (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Dendronephthya Kuekenthal
2016Dendronephthya Linklater

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassOctocorallia
RankNameAuthor
orderAlcyonaceaLamouroux 1816
familyNephtheidaeGray 1862
genusDendronephthyaKuekenthal 1905

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Dendronephthya Kuekenthal 1905
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available