Sinularia

Sinularia
Sinularia flexibilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Alcyonacea
Family: Alcyoniidae
Genus: Sinularia
May, 1898

Sinularia is a genus of soft coral. They are known as leather corals. There are currently 138 described species in the genus.

Species

References

  1. 1 2 van Ofwegen; Benayahu; McFadden (2013). "Sinularia leptoclados (Ehrenberg, 1834) (Cnidaria, Octocorallia) re-examined". ZooKeys. 272: 29–59. doi:10.3897/zookeys.272.4406.

Encyclopedia of Life entry


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