Dendronephthya klunzingeri

Dendronephthya klunzingeri is a species of soft coral in the family Nephtheidae.[1]

Dendronephthya klunzingeri

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Anthozoa
Order:	Alcyonacea
Family:	Nephtheidae
Genus:	Dendronephthya
Species:	D. klunzingeri
Binomial name
*Dendronephthya klunzingeri* (Studer, 1888)[1]

D. klunzingeri

This species is divaricate with discontinuous contours. Each bundle has 10 to 12 polyps.[2] The branching lobes have sizable bunches.[3]

References

"WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Dendronephthya klunzingeri (Studer, 1888)". Marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Zoological Society of London. 1922. p. 58.
Vine, Peter (1986). Red Sea invertebrates. Immel. p. 39. ISBN 9780907151111.

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