Nidaliidae

Nidaliidae
	Nephthyigorgia sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Anthozoa
Order:	Alcyonacea
Family:	Nidaliidae; Gray, 1869
Genera
	See text

Nidaliidae is a family of soft corals in the phylum Cnidaria. Some members of this family are similar in appearance to gorgonians (sea fans). They are difficult to keep in the reef aquarium because they do not contain symbiotic zooxanthellae and therefore need to be fed on zooplankton. Others, in the genera Agaricoidea, Nidalla and Pieterfaurea, more resemble members of the family Nephtheidae and these are somewhat easier to keep in the aquarium.^[2]

Genera

The World Register of Marine Species includes the following genera in the family:^[1]

Agaricoides Simpson, 1905
Chironephthya Studer, 1887
Nephthyigorgia Kükenthal, 1910
Nidalia Gray, 1834
Nidaliopsis Kükenthal, 1906
Orlikia Malyutin, 1993
Pieterfaurea Verseveldt & Bayer, 1988
Siphonogorgia Kölliker, 1874

References

^ ^a ^b van Ofwegen, Leen (2013). "Nidaliidae Gray, 1869". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
^ The Soft Corals, Order Alcyonacea; Use In Reef Aquariums Wet Web Media. Retrieved 2014-02-11.

[WoRMS-1] van Ofwegen, Leen (2013). "Nidaliidae Gray, 1869". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-02-11.

[2] The Soft Corals, Order Alcyonacea; Use In Reef Aquariums Wet Web Media. Retrieved 2014-02-11.

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