Octocorallia
Also known as Alcyonaria
Octocorallia, along with Hexacorallia, is one of the two extant classes of Anthozoa. It comprises over 3,000 species of marine and brackish animals consisting of colonial polyps with eight-fold symmetry, commonly referred to informally as "soft corals". It was previously known by the now-unaccepted scientific names Alcyonacea and Gorgonacea, both deprecated , and by the also deprecated name of Alcyonaria, in earlier times.
Species
octocorallians
Class
- PhylumCnidaria
- ClassOctocorallia
Habitatmarine, brackish
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Article · Español
Los octocorales u octocoralarios (Octocorallia), también conocidos como alcionarios (Alcyonaria), son una subclase de cnidarios antozoos mayoritariamente coloniales, a excepción de los géneros , y . Esta subclase abarca los denominados corales blandos, las gorgonias, las plumas de mar, y el coral azul, orden Helioporacea, que junto al género Tubipora son los únicos de la subclase Octocorallia en generar un esqueleto calcáreo, y por tanto ser constructores de arrecifes o corales hermatípicos.
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