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Nephtheidae

Anthozoa - Alcyonacea - Nephtheidae

Taxonomy
Nephtheidae was named by Gray (1862). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Alcyonacea by Linklater (2016).

Subtaxa
Dendronephthya

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Nephtheidae Gray
2016Nephtheidae Linklater

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

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.

Fm. †Nephtheidae Gray 1862
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G. Dendronephthya Kuekenthal 1905
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-11 22:04:14
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:36:48
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (New South Wales) Dendronephthya sp. (97408 184899)