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Octocorallia 
AphiaID: 1341

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Edited by Database Management Team
Rank Subclass
Parent Anthozoa
Source  basis of record: Daly, M., M.R. Brugler, P. Cartwright, A.G. Collins, M.N. Dawson, D.G. Fautin, S.C. France, C.S. McFadden, D.M. Opresko, E. Rodriquez, S.L. Romano, J.L. Stake. (2007). The phylum Cnidaria: A review of phylogenetic patterns and diversity 300 years after Linnaeus. Zootaxa (1668): 127-182, available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/zt01668p182.pdf [details]

Direct child
taxa
 Order Alcyonacea
Order Helioporacea
Order Octocorallia incertae sedis
Order Pennatulacea

Order Gorgonacea accepted as Alcyonacea
Environment marine
Links CALAcademy Octocoral Research Centre
To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1341
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  db_admin
2009-05-14 10:34:32Z  changed  Appeltans, Ward
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Octocorallia. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1341 on 2013-05-25
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