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Pteronisis

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Pteronisis is a genus of coral in the family Mopseidae. The name derives from Greek pteron, meaning "feather", in allusion to the pinnate branching.

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Vinony's link graph records 1 inbound reference to Pteronisis, and connects out to Animalia, Wikidata and taxonomy.

It sits within the topics Isididae and Octocorallia genera.

Vinony links it to 5 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumCnidaria
  3. ClassAnthozoa
  4. OrderScleralcyonacea
  5. FamilyMopseidae
Habitatmarine

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
14
Family
Mopseidae
Collections
AM, SAMA, MAGNT
Recorded in
Australia, New Caledonia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Isididae
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taxon name
Pteronisis
taxon rank
genus
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