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Octocorallia

11938076  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:11938076)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Octocorallia (Class)
Haeckel, 1866
accepted
Class
Alcyonacea · unaccepted
Gastraxonacea · unaccepted (name not in use)
Gorgonacea · unaccepted
Pseudocladochonidae · unaccepted

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  1. Genus Aspera Dautova, 2018
  2. Genus Axogaster Lonsdale in Dixon, 1850 †
  3. Genus Bayergorgia Williams & López-González, 2005
  4. Genus Briareopsis Bayer, 1993
  5. Genus Caliacis Deichmann, 1936
  6. Genus Canarya Ocaña & van Ofwegen, 2003
  7. Genus Catenatus Carrera, Voldman, Mango & Nestell, 2021 †
  8. Genus Ceratocaulon Jungersen, 1892
  9. Genus Chalcogorgia Bayer, 1949
  10. Genus Chengjiangopenna Shu & Conway Morris, 2006 †
  11. Genus Chondronephthya Utinomi, 1960
  12. Genus Daniela Koch, 1891
  13. Genus Denhartogia Ocaña & van Ofwegen, 2003
  14. Genus Distichogorgia Bayer, 1979
  15. Genus Elasmogorgia Wright & Studer, 1889
  16. Genus Eogorgia Hickson, 1938 †
  17. Genus Flagelligorgia Cairns & Cordeiro, 2017
  18. Family Haimeidae Wright, 1865
  19. Genus Hookerella Gray, 1870
  20. Genus Hypnogorgia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
  21. Genus Inflatocalyx Verseveldt & Bayer, 1988
  22. Genus Lafustalcyon Denayer, Poty, Tourneur & Aretz, 2023 †
  23. Genus Lanthanocephalus Williams & Starmer, 2000
  24. Genus Lignopsis Pérez & Zamponi, 2000
  25. Order Malacalcyonacea
  26. Genus Mesogligorgia López-González, 2007
  27. Genus Moolabalia Alderslade, 2001
  28. Genus Pachysceptron Haas, 1909 †
  29. Genus Paramoltkia Löser, 1996 †
  30. Genus Petilavenula Cope, 2005 †
  31. Genus Proheliopora Kuz'micheva, 1975 †
  32. Genus Pseudocladochonus Versluys, 1907
  33. Family Pseudogorgiidae Utinomi & Harada, 1973
  34. Genus Pseudosuberia Kükenthal, 1919
  35. Genus Pseudothesea Kükenthal, 1919
  36. Genus Rolandia de Lacaze-Duthiers, 1900
  37. Order Scleralcyonacea
  38. Genus Scleranthelia Studer, 1878
  39. Genus Speirogorgia Williams, 2019
  40. Genus Sphaeralcyon López-González & Gili, 2005
  41. Genus Stereogorgia Kükenthal, 1916
  42. Genus Stereosoma Hickson, 1930
  43. Genus Termieralcyon Fernández-Martínez, Coronado, Rodríguez, Tourneur & Badpa, 2019 †
  44. Genus Tesseranthelia Bayer, 1981
  45. Genus Thelogorgia Bayer, 1991
  46. Genus Tubigorgia Pasternak, 1985
  47. Genus Verseveldtia Williams, 1990
  48. Family Waiparaconidae Buckeridge, 1993 †
  49. Genus Williamsium Moore, Alderslade & Miller, 2017
  50. Genus Xenogorgia Bayer & Muzik, 1976
  51. Genus Ojeda Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  52. Genus Phrontis Duchassaing, 1870 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  53. Genus Sarcogorgia Gray, 1857 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  54. Genus Elasma Wright & Studer, 1887 accepted as Elasmogorgia Wright & Studer, 1889 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  55. Order Gorgonacea accepted as Octocorallia
  56. Order Pennatulacea accepted as Scleralcyonacea (no longer recognised)
  57. Genus Skleranthelia Studer, 1879 accepted as Scleranthelia Studer, 1878
  58. Order Stolonifera accepted as Malacalcyonacea
  59. Genus Chirobelemnon Pfeffer, 1887 (uncertain, unknown status (WoRMS))
  60. Genus Dendrogorgia Duchassaing, 1870 (uncertain, unknown status (WoRMS))
  61. Genus Raynerella Gray, 1869 (uncertain, unknown status (WoRMS))
  62. Genus Rhipidella Gray, 1870 (uncertain, unknown status (WoRMS))
  63. Genus Sydella Gray, 1873 (uncertain, unassessed (WoRMS))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Not documented
IRMNG (2024). Octocorallia. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=11938076 on 2024-09-24
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2024-05-27 07:51:42Z
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Rees, Tony

basis of record World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (2024 version). , available online at https://www.marinespecies.org/ [details]   

additional source Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
note: as subclass (listed as syn. of Alcyonaria) [details]   

additional source 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119248
note: as subclass of Anthozoa [details]   

taxonomy source World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (2024 version). , available online at https://www.marinespecies.org/ [details]   

name verified source World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (2024 version). , available online at https://www.marinespecies.org/ [details]   

current name source World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (2024 version). , available online at https://www.marinespecies.org/ [details]   

original description  (of Gastraxonacea) Utinomi, H.; Harada, E. (1973). Rediscovery of an enigmatic octocoral Pseudogorgia godeffroyi Kolliker, from southern Australia and a discussion on its systematic position. <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> 20: 111-132. [details]   
To WoRMS (from synonym Alcyonacea)
To WoRMS (from synonym Gorgonacea)
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