Gersemia
Sign in to saveGersemia is a genus of soft corals in the family Nephtheidae. Species in this genus are found in cold temperate and polar seas at depths ranging from to over . The type species is Gersemia loricata.
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It sits within the topics Nephtheidae and Octocorallia genera.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumCnidaria
- ClassAnthozoa
- OrderMalacalcyonacea
- FamilyAlcyoniidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 64
- Family
- Alcyoniidae
- Collections
- USNM, CAS, MCZ, AUM, YPM, SIO
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada, Russia, Comoros, Antarctica
Wikidata facts
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- Parent taxon
- Alcyoniidae
- Image
- Gersemia antarctica, near McMurdo Station, Ross Island.JPG
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Encyclopedic overview
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Gersemia is a genus of soft corals in the family Nephtheidae. Species in this genus are found in cold temperate and polar seas at depths ranging from to over . The type species is Gersemia loricata.
==Characteristics== Colonies of Gersemia are arborescent, growing erectly with one main stem. The polyps are most numerous at the branch tips and are unable to retract into the calyces. The walls of the stalk and branches are stiffened with sclerites which are often brightly coloured. Corals in this genus do not contain zooxanthellae, the microalgae symbionts found in some other corals.
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