Biology:Sinularia

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Short description: Genus of corals

Sinularia
Flexible Leather Coral (Sinularia flexibilis) - GRB.jpg
Sinularia flexibilis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Octocorallia
Order: Alcyonacea
Family: Alcyoniidae
Genus: Sinularia
May, 1898

Sinularia is a genus of soft coral in the family Alcyoniidae. They are commonly known as leather corals and currently have 166 described species in the genus.

Species

Species include:


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 van Ofwegen; Benayahu; McFadden (2013). "Sinularia leptoclados (Ehrenberg, 1834) (Cnidaria, Octocorallia) re-examined". ZooKeys (272): 29–59. doi:10.3897/zookeys.272.4406. PMID 23794802. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2289678 entry