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order

true soft corals
Malacalcyonacea McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Cnidaria - anemones, corals and jellyfish »  class Anthozoa »  subclass Octocorallia - gorgonians

Scientific synonyms

incl. Gorgonoida Lamouroux, 1816
Alcyonacea Lamouroux, 1816
Alcyoniina
Gorgonaria
Holaxonia
Holaxonia Studer, 1887
Scleraxonia Studer, 1887

Other names

= soft corals (Alcyonacea)

Images

Gorgonia flabellum - Venus Sea Fan

Gorgonia flabellum - Venus Sea Fan

Author: Michael Kesl

Gorgonia ventalina - Common Sea Fan

Gorgonia ventalina - Common Sea Fan

Author: Larry Zetwoch

Leptogorgia chilensis

Leptogorgia chilensis

Author: Shane Anderson

Malacalcyonacea in BioLib

Functions restricted to taxon Malacalcyonacea

Included taxa

Number of records: 45

suborder Stolonifera Hickson, 1883 - stoloniferans

Unplaced taxa

family Acanthoaxiidae van Ofwegen & McFadden, 2010
family Acanthogorgiidae Gray, 1859
family Acrophytidae McFadden & van Ofwegen, 2017
family Alcyoniidae Lamouroux, 1812
family Anthogorgiidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
family Aquaumbridae Breedy, van Ofwegen & Vargas, 2012
family Arulidae McFadden & van Ofwegen, 2012
family Astrogorgiidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
family Capnellidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
family Carijoidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
family Ceratocaulidae López-González, San Martín-Payá & Williams, 2024
family Cerveridae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
family Cladiellidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
family Corymbophytidae McFadden & van Ofwegen, 2017
family Discophytidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
family Eunicellidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
family Euplexauridae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
family Gorgoniidae Lamouroux, 1812
family Incrustatidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
family Isididae Lamouroux, 1812
family Keroeididae Kinoshita, 1910
family Lemnaliidae Gray, 1869
family Leptophytidae McFadden & van Ofwegen, 2017
family Malacacanthidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
family Melithaeidae Gray, 1870
family Nephtheidae Gray, 1862
family Nephthyigorgiidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
family Nidaliidae Gray, 1869
family Paralcyoniidae Gray, 1869
family Plexaurellidae Verrill, 1912
family Plexauridae Gray, 1859
family Pseudonephtheidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
family Pterogorgiidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
family Rosgorgiidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
family Sarcophytidae Gray, 1869
family Scleracidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
family Sinulariidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
family Siphonogorgiidae Kölliker, 1874
family Skamnariidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
family Subergorgiidae Gray, 1859
family Taiaroidae Bayer & Muzik, 1976
family Victorgorgiidae Moore, Alderslade & Miller, 2017
family Xeniidae Ehrenberg, 1828

Fossil taxa

genus Petilavenula Cope, 2005

Links and literature

CZ Pfleger V. (1997): České názvy živočichů I. Houby (Porifera), žahavci (Cnidaria), žebernatky (Ctenophora), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 56 pp. [as Gorgonaria]

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Explanations

extinct taxon