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Nephtya

Anthozoa - Alcyonacea

Taxonomy
Nephtya is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Alcyonacea by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Nephtya Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
RankNameAuthor
subclassOctocorallia
orderAlcyonaceaLamouroux 1816
genusNephtya

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. †Nephtya
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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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available