Animaliasynonymorder

Alcyonacea

soft corals(+10)·Lamouroux, 1812

GBIF:155447170

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PROFILE

Species Profile

Habitat

Marine

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions. Available in 5 languages. 1 preferred.

soft coralseng★LederkorallendeuWeichkorallendeualcyonaceansenggorgonianseng+6 more

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide. This taxon has names in 5 languages. 1 name preferred.

soft corals

eng★ preferred

Lederkorallen

deu

Source: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Weichkorallen

deu

Source: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

alcyonaceans

eng

Source: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

gorgonians

eng

Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

gorgonians, sea fans, and sea feathers

eng

hornkoraller

swe

Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

horny corals

eng

waaierkoralen

nld

Source: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

zachte koralen

nld

ウミトサカ目

jpn

Source: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL).

CLASSIFICATION

Taxonomic Classification Tree

BiotaAnimaliaCnidariaAnthozoaAlcyonacea

DOM

Biota868,823

Animalia624,570

Cnidaria30,396

SUB

Anthozoa20,988

Alcyonacea

IDENTIFIERS

External Identifiers(1)

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NCBI:txid6132

UNKNOWN

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CITATIONS

References(5)

Bayer, F.M. (1981). Key to the genera of Octocorallia exclusive of Pennatulacea (Coelenterata: Anthozoa), with diagnoses of new taxa. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 94(3): 902-947.

additional source

Daly, M., M.R. Brugler, P. Cartwright, A.G. Collins, M.N. Dawson, D.G. Fautin, S.C. France, C.S. McFadden, D.M. Opresko, E. Rodriquez, S.L. Romano, J.L. Stake. (2007). The phylum Cnidaria: A review of phylogenetic patterns and diversity 300 years after Linnaeus. Zootaxa. (1668): 127-182.

additional source

Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.

basis of record

McFadden, C.S.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Quattrini, A.M. (2022). Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics. Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists. 1(3), 8735, pp. 1-79.

status source

Megina, C.; Conradi, M.; Piraino, S. (2003). Biodiversity, life cycles, and reproductive biology of deep-sea cnidarians. Berichte zur Polarforschung, 470, 108-112

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External Identifiers(1)

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References(5)