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Isididae

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Also known as the Bamboo corals

Isididae is a family of octocorals belonging to the order Malacalcyonacea and formerly to the order Calcaxonia. Currently, the family only includes the genera Isis, Hicksonella and Rumphella.

Species

bamboo corals

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumCnidaria
  3. ClassAnthozoa
  4. OrderMalacalcyonacea
  5. FamilyIsididae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded6,233

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
625
With media
720
Family
Isididae
Collections
SIO, CAS, YPM
Recorded in
United States, Costa Rica, Antarctica

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Malacalcyonacea
Image
Isidella tentaculum - NOAA.jpg
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Commons category
Isididae
taxon name
Isididae
taxon rank
family
topic's main category
Category:Isididae
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Encyclopedic overview

2 sections
Contents
  • Recent history of the classification of Isididae
  • References

Isididae is a family of octocorals belonging to the order Malacalcyonacea and formerly to the order Calcaxonia. Currently, the family only includes the genera Isis, Hicksonella and Rumphella.

Prior to 2021/2016, the family Isididae included the genus Isis plus all the genera of the current families Chelidonisididae, Keratoisididae and Mopseidae, while the genera Hicksonella and Rumphella were included in the family Gorgoniidae in the former order Holaxonia.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Isididae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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