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Malacalcyonacea

1609357  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1609357)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Octocorallia (Class)
  6. Malacalcyonacea (Order)
McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022
accepted
Order
Alcyoniina · unaccepted
Holaxonia · unaccepted
Scleraxonia · unaccepted
Stolonifera · unaccepted

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  1. Family Acanthogorgiidae Gray, 1859
  2. Family Acrophytidae McFadden & van Ofwegen, 2017
  3. Family Alcyoniidae Lamouroux, 1812
  4. Family Anthogorgiidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
  5. Family Astrogorgiidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
  6. Family Capnellidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
  7. Family Carijoidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
  8. Family Cladiellidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
  9. Family Clavulariidae Hickson, 1894
  10. Family Coelogorgiidae Bourne, 1900
  11. Family Eunicellidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
  12. Family Euplexauridae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
  13. Family Gorgoniidae Lamouroux, 1812
  14. Family Isididae Lamouroux, 1812
  15. Family Keroeididae Kinoshita, 1910
  16. Family Lemnaliidae Gray, 1869
  17. Family Leptophytidae McFadden & van Ofwegen, 2017
  18. Family Malacacanthidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
  19. Family Melithaeidae Gray, 1870
  20. Family Nephtheidae Gray, 1862
  21. Family Nidaliidae Gray, 1869
  22. Family Paralcyoniidae Gray, 1869
  23. Family Plexaurellidae Verrill, 1912
  24. Family Plexauridae Gray, 1859
  25. Family Pseudonephtheidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
  26. Family Sarcophytidae Gray, 1869
  27. Family Sinulariidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
  28. Family Siphonogorgiidae Kölliker, 1874
  29. Family Subergorgiidae Gray, 1859
  30. Family Tubiporidae Ehrenberg, 1828
  31. Family Xeniidae Ehrenberg, 1828
  32. Suborder Alcyoniina accepted as Malacalcyonacea
  33. Family Anthogorgiidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 accepted as Anthogorgiidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 (unaccepted > unavailable name, published online only)
  34. Family Anthothelidae Broch, 1916 accepted as Alcyoniidae Lamouroux, 1812
  35. Family Astrogorgiidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 accepted as Astrogorgiidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 (unaccepted > unavailable name, published online only)
  36. Family Capnellidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 accepted as Capnellidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 (unaccepted > unavailable name, published online only)
  37. Family Carijoidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 accepted as Carijoidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 (unaccepted > unavailable name, published online only)
  38. Family Cladiellidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 accepted as Cladiellidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 (unaccepted > unavailable name, published online only)
  39. Family Eunicellidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 accepted as Eunicellidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 (unaccepted > unavailable name, published online only)
  40. Family Euplexauridae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 accepted as Euplexauridae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 (unaccepted > unavailable name, published online only)
  41. Suborder Holaxonia accepted as Malacalcyonacea
  42. Family Lemnaliidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 accepted as Lemnaliidae Gray, 1869 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
  43. Family Malacacanthidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 accepted as Malacacanthidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 (unaccepted > unavailable name, published online only)
  44. Family Melitodidae Verrill, 1869 accepted as Melithaeidae Gray, 1870 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  45. Family Paramuriceidae Bayer, 1956 accepted as Acanthogorgiidae Gray, 1859
  46. Family Pseudonephtheidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 accepted as Pseudonephtheidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 (unaccepted > unavailable name, published online only)
  47. Family Sarcophytidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 accepted as Sarcophytidae Gray, 1869 (incorrect authority)
  48. Suborder Scleraxonia accepted as Malacalcyonacea
  49. Family Sinulariidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 accepted as Sinulariidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 (unaccepted > unavailable name, published online only)
  50. Suborder Stolonifera accepted as Malacalcyonacea
  51. Family Viguieriotidae accepted as Paralcyoniidae Gray, 1869 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
McFadden, C.S.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Quattrini, A.M. (2022). Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics. <em>Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists.</em> 1(3), 8735, pp. 1-79., available online at https://ssbbulletin.org/index.php/bssb/article/view/8735
page(s): 21 [details] 
AfReMaS (2025). Malacalcyonacea. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1609357 on 2025-11-15
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Malacalcyonacea. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1609357 on 2025-11-15
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2022-11-02 02:55:04Z
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McFadden, Cathy

original description McFadden, C.S.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Quattrini, A.M. (2022). Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics. <em>Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists.</em> 1(3), 8735, pp. 1-79., available online at https://ssbbulletin.org/index.php/bssb/article/view/8735
page(s): 21 [details] 

original description (of Scleraxonia) Studer, T. (1887). Versuch eines Systemes der Alcyonaria. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 53(1):1-74., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6379196 [details] 

context source (PeRMS) Cortés, J.; Enochs, I.C.; Sibaja-Cordero, J.; Hernández, L.; Alvarado, J.J.; Breedy, O.; Cruz-Barraza, J.A.; Esquivel-Garrote, O.; Fernández-García, C.; Hermosillo, A.; Kaiser, K.L.; Medina-Rosas, P.; Morales-Ramírez, Á.; Pacheco, C.; Pérez-Matus, A.; Reyes-Bonilla, H.; Riosmena-Rodríguez, R.; Sánchez-Noguera, C.; Wieters, E.A.; Zapata, F.A. (2016). Marine Biodiversity of Eastern Tropical Pacific Coral Reefs. Chap. 7, pp. 203-250 <i>in:</i> Coral Reefs of the Eastern Tropical Pacific. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7499-4_7 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
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To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Stolonifera)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Holaxonia)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Scleraxonia)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Alcyoniina)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Malacalcyonacea) 
To Genbank (from synonym Holaxonia)
To Genbank (from synonym Alcyoniina)
To Genbank 
To Genbank (from synonym Scleraxonia)
To The Arctic Traits Database (2 traits) (from synonym Alcyoniina)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 069923) (from synonym Alcyoniina)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 091301) (from synonym Holaxonia)
Unreviewed
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