Kükenthal, 1908

Alertigorgia (2)

Type species: Alertigorgia orientalis (Ridley, 1884)

Total number of species estimated: 2

Description: Colonies arborescent, one species with flattened branches, the other with leaf-like branches. Polyps retractile into edges of the flattened branches or on both sides of the leaf-like branches. Colour greyish, brownish. Surface layer with tuberculated spindles, internal layer with spiny rods. Zooxanthellae present.

Habitat: In shady regions of the reef or deeper water.

Range: Australia, Indonesia.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Cnidaria
Class Anthozoa
Subclass Octocorallia
Order Alcyonacea
Family Anthothelidae
Genus Alertigorgia

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.

Verseveldt, J., 1940. Studies on Octocorallia of the family Briareidae, Paragorgiidae and Anthothelidae. Temminckia 5: 1-142.

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