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Alcyoniidae
Sign in to saveAlcyoniidae is a family of leathery or soft corals in the phylum Cnidaria.
Species
alcyoniids
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumCnidaria
- ClassAnthozoa
- OrderMalacalcyonacea
- FamilyAlcyoniidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 174
- With media
- 34
- Family
- Alcyoniidae
- Collections
- USNM, CAS, YPM, QM
- Recorded in
- Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Puerto Rico, United States, Canada, Heard Island And Mcdonald Islands, Malaysia, Australia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Malacalcyonacea
- Image
- Folded Coral Flynn Reef.jpg
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- Alcyoniidae
- topic's main category
- Category:Alcyoniidae
- taxon rank
- family
- taxon name
- Alcyoniidae
- taxon common name
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- Description
- Distribution and habitat
- Biology
- Genera
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- References
Alcyoniidae is a family of leathery or soft corals in the phylum Cnidaria.
==Description== A colony of leathery coral is stiff, hard and inflexible. It is composed of tiny polyps projecting from a shared leathery tissue. Members of the family may have two kinds of polyps; the autozooids have long trunks and eight tiny branched tentacles and project from the shared leathery tissue while the siphonozooids remain below the surface and pump water for the colony. They appear as tiny hollows or mounds among the taller autozooids. Different genera have different proportions of these two kinds of polyps. The autozooids only emerge when the colony is fully submerged.
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