Anthothela

{{Short description|Genus of corals}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Anthothela | authority = Kükenthal, 1915 }}

'''''Anthothela''''' (synonyms include ''Muricellisis'') is a genus of coral in the family Alcyoniidae.<ref name=WoRMS> {{cite taxon|WoRMS|title=''Anthothela'' Verrill, 1879 |id=125324 |db=octocorallia|access-date=6 September 2025}} </ref> The genus was formerly placed in family Anthothelidae.<ref name=McFadden-2022 >{{cite journal |last1=McFadden |first1=Catherine S. |last2=Van Ofwegen |first2=Leen P. |last3=Quattrini |first3=Andrea M. |title=Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics |journal=Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists |date=2022 |volume=1 |issue=3 |doi=10.18061/bssb.v1i3.8735 |doi-access=free }}</ref>

==Species==

Seven species are recognised:<ref name=WoRMS/>

*''Anthothela aldersladei'' {{small|Moore & Miller in Moore, Alderslade & Miller, 2017}} *''Anthothela echinata'' {{small|(Kükenthal, 1915)}} *''Anthothela grandiflora'' {{small|(Sars, 1856)}} *''Anthothela pacifica'' {{small|(Kükenthal, 1913)}} *''Anthothela quattriniae'' {{small|Moore, Alderslade & Miller, 2017}} *''Anthothela tropicalis'' {{small|Bayer, 1961}} *''Anthothela vickersi'' {{small|(Benham, 1928)}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Alcyoniidae Category:Octocorallia genera