Williams and Alderslade, 1999

Paraminabea (2)

Type species: Paraminabea indica Thomson and Henderson, 1905

Total number of species estimated: 9

Description: Colonies digitiform, with short stalk and tapered polyparium, sometimes sparsely branched. Polyps dimorphic. Sclerites are capstans and derivations of capstans. Colour of colonies red, orange, yellow. Zooxanthellae absent.

Habitat: As well shallow (in caves) as deeper water.

Range: Widespread in Indo-Pacific.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Cnidaria
Class Anthozoa
Subclass Octocorallia
Order Alcyonacea
Family Alcyoniidae
Genus Paraminabea

Sorry, there are no scientific synonyms and common names available for this taxon

Fabricius, K. & P. Alderslade, 2001. Soft corals & sea fans: a comprehensive guide to the tropical shallow water genera of the central-west Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. Australian Institute of Marine Science, pp. i-vii + 1-264.

Williams G.C. & P. Alderslade, 1999. Revisionary systematics of the western Pacific soft coral genus Minabea (Octocorallia: Alcyoniidae), with descriptions of a related new genus and species from the Indo-Pacific. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 51: 337-364.

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