Virgulariidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Subselliflorae
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Phylum: Cnidaria Classis: Anthozoa Subclassis: Octocorallia Ordo: Pennatulacea Subordo: Subselliflorae

Familia: Virgulariidae
Genera (6): Acanthoptilum – Grasshoffia – Scytaliopsis – Scytalium – Stylatula – Virgularia

Name

• Virgulariidae Verrill, 1868: 382

Type genus: Virgularia Lamarck, 1816.

References

Primary references

• Verrill, A.E. 1868. Review of the corals and polyps of the west coast of America. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 1: 377–422.

Additional references

• Williams, G.C. 2015. A new genus and species of pennatulacean octocoral from equatorial West Africa (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Virgulariidae). ZooKeys 546: 39–50. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.546.6344 Full article Reference page. 

Links

• Virgulariidae in the World Register of Marine Species