Convexella

Genus of corals From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Convexella is a genus of corals belonging to the family Primnoidae, first described by Frederick Bayer in 1996.[2][3][4]

Phylum:Cnidaria
Subphylum:Anthozoa
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Convexella
Fig 5. Convexella magelhaenica using a Flabellum species as substrate[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Subphylum: Anthozoa
Class: Octocorallia
Order: Scleralcyonacea
Family: Primnoidae
Genus: Convexella
Bayer, 1996
Type species
Convexella magelhaenica
Studer, 1879
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Species from WoRMS:[2]

  • Convexella divergens (Hickson, 1907)
  • Convexella jungerseni (Madsen, 1944)
  • Convexella krampi (Madsen, 1956)
  • Convexella magelhaenica (Studer, 1879)
  • Convexella murrayi (Wright & Studer, 1889)

and from the Australian Faunal Directory:[5]

  • Convexella vanhoeffeni (Kükenthal, 1909)

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