Bathygorgia
Genus of coral
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Bathygorgia is a genus of deep-sea bamboo coral in the family Keratoisididae.
| Bathygorgia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Subphylum: | Anthozoa |
| Class: | Octocorallia |
| Order: | Scleralcyonacea |
| Family: | Keratoisididae |
| Genus: | Bathygorgia Wright, 1885 |
| Type species | |
| Bathygorgia profunda Wright, 1885 | |
Three species are assigned to this genus:[1][2]
- Bathygorgia profunda Wright, 1885
- Bathygorgia abyssicola Lapointe & Watling, 2015
- Bathygorgia tasmaniensis Lapointe & Watling, 2015
