Nidaliidae
Nephthyigorgia sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Octocorallia
Order: Alcyonacea
Suborder: Alcyoniina
Family: Nidaliidae
Gray, 1869 [1]
Genera

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Nidaliidae is a family of soft corals in the phylum Cnidaria. Some members of this family are similar in appearance to gorgonians (sea fans). They are difficult to keep in the reef aquarium because they do not contain symbiotic zooxanthellae and therefore need to be fed on zooplankton. Others, in the genera Agaricoidea, Nidalla and Pieterfaurea, more resemble members of the family Nephtheidae and these are somewhat easier to keep in the aquarium.[2]

Genera

The World Register of Marine Species includes the following genera in the family:[1]

  • Agaricoides Simpson, 1905
  • Chironephthya Studer, 1887
  • Nephthyigorgia Kükenthal, 1910
  • Nidalia Gray, 1834
  • Nidaliopsis Kükenthal, 1906
  • Orlikia Malyutin, 1993
  • Siphonogorgia Kölliker, 1874

References

  1. 1 2 van Ofwegen, Leen (2013). "Nidaliidae Gray, 1869". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
  2. ↑ The Soft Corals, Order Alcyonacea; Use In Reef Aquariums Wet Web Media. Retrieved 2014-02-11.


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