Alcyonacea

Alcyonium palmatum

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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Classis: Anthozoa
Subclassis: Alcyonaria
Ordo: Alcyonacea
Subordines: Alcyoniina - Calcaxonia - Holaxonia - Protoalcyonaria - Scleraxonia - Stolonifera - Incertae sedis

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References

• 2010: Invertebrate systematics, 24: 23–31. doi: 10.1071/IS09033
• McFadden, C.S.; van Ofwegen, L.P. 2013: Molecular phylogenetic evidence supports a new family of octocorals and a new genus of Alcyoniidae (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). ZooKeys, 346: 59-83. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.346.6270 reference page 
• Williams, G.C. 2013: New taxa and revisionary systematics of alcyonacean octocorals from the Pacific coast of North America (Cnidaria, Anthozoa). ZooKeys, 283: 15-42. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.283.4803 reference page 
• Williams, G.C. & S.D. Cairns. 2006 (rev.) Systematic List of valid Octocoral Genera.[1]

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Weichkorallen
English: Soft corals
日本語: 海鶏頭目
suomi: Pehmytkorallit
中文: 軟珊瑚