''Eunephthya'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

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 . The following text should be considered a historical, outdated way of treatin ...

s in the family

Nephtheidae Nephtheidae is a Family (biology), family of Alcyonacea, soft corals in the phylum Cnidaria. Members of this family are known as carnation corals, tree corals or colt soft corals. They are very attractive and show a wide range of rich and pastel ...

. The genus is only known from South AfricaMcFadden C.F. & Van Ofwegen L.P. 2012. A revision of the soft coral genus, ''Eunephthya'' Verrill, 1869 (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Nephtheidae), with a description of four new species from South Africa ''Zootaxa'' 3485 1-25

Species

*'' Eunephthya celata'' McFadden & van Ofwegen, 2012 *'' Eunephthya ericius'' McFadden & van Ofwegen, 2012 *'' Eunephthya granulata'' McFadden & van Ofwegen, 2012 *'' Eunephthya shirleyae'' McFadden & van Ofwegen, 2012 *'' Eunephthya susanae'' (Williams, 1988) *'' Eunephthya thyrsoidea'' Verrill, 1869

References

Nephtheidae Octocorallia genera {{octocorallia-stub