Narella

Narella
Narella bowersi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Octocorallia
Order: Alcyonacea
Family: Primnoidae
Genus: Narella
Gray, 1870

Narella (Gray, 1870) is a genus of deep-sea soft corals in the family Primnoidae (Milne Edwards, 1857).[1] They are sessile, bottom-dwelling organisms that can be found in all ocean basins, having cosmopolitan distribution.[2] They have a branching appearance.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cairns, Stephen D.; Bayer, Frederick M. (2009). "A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Primnoidae (Cnidaria: Octocorallia)". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (629): 1–79. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.629. hdl:10088/7183.