Rumphella sp.

Super Group: 
Eukaryota
Phylum: 
Cnidaria
Class: 
Anthozoa
Order: 
Alcyonacea
Family: 
Gorgoniidae
Genus: 
Rumphella
Species: 
sp.
Authority: 
Bayer, 1955

Diagnosis

Colonies bushy with rounded branches. Colonies grey, light yellow or light brown. Surface layer of coenenchyme with wart-clubs. Interior with spindles. Zooxanthellae present.

Type species

Type species: Rumphella antipathes (Linnaeus, 1758)

Observation site(s)

SYMBIONTS

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Symbiodinium- clade C Great Barrier Reef
VAN OPPEN MJH, MIEOG JC, SANCHEZ CA, FABRICIUS KE (2005) Diversity of algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) in octocorals: the roles of geography and host relationships. Molecular Ecology 14:2403 - 2417. doi: 10.1111/mec.2005.14.issue-810.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02545.x