Paraminabea [SEP] parent taxon
Paraminabea
Paraminabea is a genus of soft corals in the family Alcyoniidae.
Species.
There are currently 10 species classified in this genus
- "Paraminabea acronocephala"
- "Paraminabea aldersladei"
- "Paraminabea arborea"
- "Paraminabea cosmarioides"
- "Paraminabea goslineri"
- "Paraminabea hongkongensis"
- "Paraminabea indica" (
- "Paraminabea kosiensis"
- "Paraminabea robusta"
- "Paraminabea rubeusa"
Taxon in disguise
In bacteriology, a taxon in disguise is a species, genus or higher unit of biological classification whose evolutionary history reveals has evolved from another unit of similar or lower rank, making the parent unit paraphyletic. This happens when rapid evolution makes a new species appear radically different from the ancestral group, so that it is not (initially) recognised as belonging to the parent phylogenetic group, leaving the latter an evolutionary grade.
While the term is from bacteriology, parallel examples are found throughout the tree of