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Malacalcyonacea
Sign in to saveMalacalcyonacea is an order of soft corals in the class Octocorallia.
Species
ORDER
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumCnidaria
- ClassAnthozoa
- OrderMalacalcyonacea
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 7
- With media
- 12
- Collections
- SIO, USNM, DMNS, FWRI
- Recorded in
- Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Panama
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Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- Families
- References
Malacalcyonacea is an order of soft corals in the class Octocorallia.
== Families == Acanthoaxiidae van Ofwegen & McFadden, 2010 Acanthogorgiidae Gray, 1859 Acrophytidae McFadden & van Ofwegen, 2017 Acrossotidae Bourne, 1914 Alcyoniidae Lamouroux, 1812 Anthogorgiidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 Aquaumbridae Breedy, van Ofwegen & Vargas, 2012 Arulidae McFadden & van Ofwegen, 2012 Astrogorgiidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 Capnellidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 Carijoidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 Ceratocaulidae López-González, San Martín-Payá & Williams, 2024 Cerveridae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 Cladiellidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 Clavulariidae Hickson, 1894 Coelogorgiidae Bourne, 1900 Corymbophytidae McFadden & van Ofwegen, 2017 Discophytidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 Eunicellidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 Euplexauridae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 Gorgoniidae Lamouroux, 1812 Incrustatidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 Isididae Lamouroux, 1812 Keroeididae Kinoshita, 1910 Lemnaliidae Gray, 1869 Leptophytidae McFadden & van Ofwegen, 2017 Malacacanthidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 Melithaeidae Gray, 1870 Nephtheidae Gray, 1862 Nephthyigorgiidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 Nidaliidae Gray, 1869 Paralcyoniidae Gray, 1869 Plexaurellidae Verrill, 1912 Plexauridae Gray, 1859 Pseudonephtheidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 Pterogorgiidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 Rosgorgiidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 Sarcophytidae Gray, 1869 Scleracidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 Sinulariidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 Siphonogorgiidae Kölliker, 1874 Skamnariidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 Subergorgiidae Gray, 1859 Taiaroidae Bayer & Muzik, 1976 Tubiporidae Ehrenberg, 1828 Victorgorgiidae Moore, Alderslade & Miller, 2017 Xeniidae Ehrenberg, 1828
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