Acanthoaxis, van Ofwegen & McFadden, 2010

van Ofwegen, Leen P. & McFadden, Catherine S., 2010, A new family of octocorals (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) from Cameroon waters, Journal of Natural History 44 (1 - 2), pp. 23-29 : 24

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930903359669
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/067C8785-3243-9A5C-92B5-B4BCFD7C4110
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Acanthoaxis
status	gen. nov.

Treatment

Acanthoaxis View in CoL gen. nov.

Diagnosis

Acanthoaxiidae with laterally branched colonies with the polyps arranged spirally around the branches. Polyps able to completely retract into dome-shaped coenenchymal mounds.

Type species

Acanthoaxis wirtzi sp. nov. by original designation.

Etymology

The generic name is derived from the Latin word acanthus, a thorny evergreen, and axis alluding to its spiny axis. Gender masculine.