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Order
Alcyonacea
Lamouroux, 1816
- soft corals
(invertebrate)
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Entity:
Alcyonaria (Subclass)
..Gorgonacea (Order) - sea fans and sea whips
..Helioporacea (Order) - helioporaceans
..†Microcoryne (Genus)
..Pennatulacea (Order) - sea pens and sea pansies
..Stolonifera (Order) - stoloniferans
..Alcyonacea (Order) - soft corals
....Alcyoniidae (Family)
....Astrospiculariidae (Family)
....Dendrobrachiidae (Family)
....Nephtheidae (Family)
....Nidaliidae (Family)
....Paralcyoniidae (Family)
....Pseudogorgiidae (Family)
....Taiaroidae (Family)
....Xeniidae (Family)
Types
Nominotypical taxon of
:
Alcyonaria
(Subclass)
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Alcyoniidae
(Family)
Synonyms
Including
:
Gastraxonacea
(Order)
Including
:
Protoalcyonaria
(Order)
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
zachte koralen
Ref:
A.C. Campbell, 1994 (1976)
:
lederkoralen
:
leerkoralen
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
soft corals
Ref:
R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
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