family Melithaeidae

GPTKB entity

Statements (20)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:family
gptkbp:affiliatedWith gptkb:Anthozoa
gptkbp:characteristic branching colonial corals
lack symbiotic zooxanthellae
possess sclerites
gptkbp:commonName Melithaeid gorgonians
gptkbp:containsGenus Acabaria
Asperaxis
Clathraria
Melithaea
Villogorgia
Wrightella
gptkbp:describedBy Gray, 1859
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label family Melithaeidae
gptkbp:marineHabitat tropical Indo-Pacific
gptkbp:order gptkb:Alcyonacea
gptkbp:phylum gptkb:Cnidaria
gptkbp:taxonRank gptkb:family
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Scleraxonia
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6