''Erythropodium '' is a genus of
soft coral
Alcyonacea is the old scientific order name for the informal group known as "soft corals". It is now an unaccepted name for class Octocorallia. It became deprecated .
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in the
family
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Anthothelidae
Alcyoniidae is a family of Alcyonacea, leathery or soft corals in the phylum Cnidaria.[L ...]
.
[Cordeiro, R.; van Ofwegen, L.; Williams, G. (2018). World List of Octocorallia. Erythropodium Kölliker, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267422 on 2018-04-11]
Species
The following species are recognized:
* ''
Erythropodium astreoide''
Studer, 1890
* ''
Erythropodium caribaeorum
''Erythropodium caribaeorum'', commonly known as the encrusting gorgonian or encrusting polyps, is a species of soft coral in the family Anthothelidae. It inhabits coral reefs and rocky bottoms in the Caribbean, Bahamas, and Florida, growing at ...
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(Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860)
* ''
Erythropodium hicksoni''
(Utinomi, 1972)
* ''
Erythropodium indica''
(Thomson & Henderson, 1905)
* ''
Erythropodium salomonense''
Thomson & Mackinnon, 1910
References
Anthozoa genera
Anthothelidae
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