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Octocorallia

Octocorallia

Haeckel, 1866

GBIF:234363494

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PROFILE

Species Profile

Habitat

Marine

Characteristics

Extant

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CLASSIFICATION

Taxonomic Classification Tree

BiotaAnimaliaCnidariaAnthozoaOctocorallia

Biota

Biota419,592

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Animalia

Animalia331,983

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Cnidaria

SUB

Anthozoa

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Octocorallia

Octocorallia

NOMENCLATURE

Synonyms(4)

GastraxonaceaUtinomi & Harada, 1973

GorgonaceaLamouroux, 1816

Pseudocladochonidae

HIERARCHY

Child Taxa(50)

MalacalcyonaceaMcFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022

ScleralcyonaceaMcFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022

HaimeidaeWright, 1865

PseudogorgiidaeUtinomi & Harada, 1973

WaiparaconidaeBuckeridge, 1993

Occurrences with images

CITATIONS

References(6)

1

Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.

additional source

2

Ruggiero, M. A.; Gordon, D. P.; Orrell, T. M.; Bailly, N.; Bourgoin, T.; Brusca, R. C.; Cavalier-Smith, T.; Guiry, M. D.; Kirk, P. M. (2015). A higher level classification of all living organisms. <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 10(4): e0119248.

additional sourceDOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248

3

World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (2024 version).

current name source

4

World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (2024 version).

name verified source

5

World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (2024 version).

taxonomy source