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Paraminabea Arborea
''Paraminabea'' is a genus of soft corals in the family Alcyoniidae.van Ofwegen, L. (2015). Paraminabea Williams & Alderslade, 1999. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267691 on 2015-04-06 Species There are currently 10 species classified in this genus *''Paraminabea acronocephala'' (Williams, 1992) *''Paraminabea aldersladei ''Paraminabea aldersladei'' is a species of soft coral in the family Alcyoniidae. It is found in the central Indo-Pacific The Indo-Pacific is a vast biogeographic region of Earth. In a narrow sense, sometimes known as the Indo-West Paci ...'' (Williams, 1992) *'' Paraminabea arborea'' Williams & Alderslade, 1999 *'' Paraminabea cosmarioides'' (Williams, 1992) *'' Paraminabea goslineri'' (Williams, 1992) *'' Paraminabea hongkongensis'' Lam & Morton, 2008 *'' Paraminabea indica'' (Thomson & Henderson, 1905) *'' Paraminabea kosiensis'' (Williams, 1992) *'' Paraminabea robust ...
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Paraminabea Aldersladei
''Paraminabea aldersladei'' is a species of soft coral in the family Alcyoniidae. It is found in the central Indo-Pacific The Indo-Pacific is a vast biogeographic region of Earth. In a narrow sense, sometimes known as the Indo-West Pacific or Indo-Pacific Asia, it comprises the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the ....van Ofwegen, L. (2015). Paraminabea aldersladei. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=290663 on 2015-04-06 This coral looks like an upside down carrot growing out of the substrate. Its striking white polyps are extended only at night to feed. References Animals described in 1992 Alcyoniidae {{octocorallia-stub ...
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Alcyoniidae
Alcyoniidae is a family of leathery or soft corals in the phylum Cnidaria.Leathery corals
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Description

A colony of leathery coral is stiff, hard and inflexible. It is composed of tiny polyps projecting from a shared leathery tissue. Members of the family may have two kinds of polyps; the autozooids have long trunks and eight tiny branched tentacles and project from the shared leathery tissue while the siphonozooids remain below the surface and pump water for the colony. They appear as tiny hollows or mounds among the taller autozooids. Different genera have different proportions of these two kinds of polyps. The autozooids only emerge when the colony is fully submerged.


Distribution and habitat

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Genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. '' Panthera leo'' (lion) and '' Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus ''Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants of an ancestral taxon are grouped together (i.e. phylogenetic analysis should c ...
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