Keratoisis

Keratoisis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Subclass: Octocorallia
Order: Alcyonacea
Family: Isididae
Genus: Keratoisis
Wright, 1869
Fragments of Keratoisis melitensis (Goldfuss, 1826) from the Lower Pleistocene of Cape Milazzo, Sicily, Italy.

Keratoisis is a genus of deep-sea bamboo coral of the Isididae family, containing the following species:[1]

  • Keratoisis chuni (Kükenthal, 1915)
  • Keratoisis flabellum (Nutting, 1908)
  • Keratoisis flexibilis (Pourtales, 1868)
  • Keratoisis glaesa (Grant, 1976)
  • Keratoisis gracilis (Thomson & Henderson, 1906)
  • Keratoisis grandiflora Studer, 1878
  • Keratoisis grandis (Nutting, 1908)
  • Keratoisis grayi (Wright, 1869)
  • Keratoisis hikurangiensis (Grant, 1976)
  • Keratoisis japonica Studer, 1878
  • Keratoisis macrospiculata (Kükenthal, 1915)
  • Keratoisis microspiculata Molander, 1929
  • Keratoisis palmae (Wright & Studer, 1889)
  • Keratoisis paucispinosa (Wright & Studer, 1889)
  • Keratoisis philippinensis (Wright & Studer, 1889)
  • Keratoisis profunda (Wright, 1885)
  • Keratoisis projecta (Grant, 1976)
  • Keratoisis siemensii Studer, 1878
  • Keratoisis squarrosa (Kükenthal, 1915)
  • Keratoisis tangentis (Grant, 1976)
  • Keratoisis wrighti (Nutting, 1910)
  • Keratoisis zelandica (Grant, 1976)

References

  1. Leen van Ofwegen (2011). "Keratoisis Wright, 1869". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved January 23, 2012.


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