Position in a system
species
Venus Sea Fan
Gorgonia flabellum Linnaeus, 1758
| system | Vitae - living organisms |
| domain | Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 - lifeforms with nucletic cells |
| superregnum | Unikonta |
| system | Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith, 1987 |
| kingdom | Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals |
| subregnum | Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 |
| divisio | Radiata Linnaeus, 1758 |
| phylum | Cnidaria Hatschek, 1888 - anemones, corals and jellyfish |
| class | Anthozoa Ehrenberg, 1834 |
| subclass | Octocorallia Haeckel, 1866 - gorgonians |
| order | Malacalcyonacea McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 - true soft corals |
| family | Gorgoniidae Lamouroux, 1812 |
| genus | Gorgonia Linnaeus, 1758 |
| species | Gorgonia flabellum Linnaeus, 1758 - Venus Sea Fan |