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Octocorallia

1341  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1341)

Haeckel, 1866
accepted
Class
Alcyonacea · unaccepted
Gorgonacea · unaccepted

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  1. Order Malacalcyonacea
  2. Order Scleralcyonacea
  3. Order Alcyonacea accepted as Octocorallia
  4. Order Gorgonacea accepted as Octocorallia
  5. Order Helioporacea accepted as Helioporidae Moseley, 1876
  6. Order Pennatulacea accepted as Pennatuloidea Ehrenberg, 1834 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
  7. Order Octocorallia incertae sedis (temporary name)
marine, brackish, terrestrial
Not documented
URMO (2025). Octocorallia. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1341 on 2025-09-11
Land J. van der (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). Octocorallia. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1341 on 2025-09-11
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
db_admin
2009-05-14 10:34:32Z
changed
Appeltans, Ward
2014-08-06 14:26:01Z
checked
van Ofwegen, Leen
2016-04-22 09:18:44Z
changed
van Ofwegen, Leen
2024-02-29 07:57:50Z
changed
Hoeksema, Bert

context source (PeRMS) Cort�s, J.; Enochs, I.C.; Sibaja-Cordero, J.; Hern�ndez, L.; Alvarado, J.J.; Breedy, O.; Cruz-Barraza, J.A.; Esquivel-Garrote, O.; Fern�ndez-Garc�a, C.; Hermosillo, A.; Kaiser, K.L.; Medina-Rosas, P.; Morales-Ram�rez, �.; Pacheco, C.; P�rez-Matus, A.; Reyes-Bonilla, H.; Riosmena-Rodr�guez, R.; S�nchez-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

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. <em>Zootaxa.</em> (1668): 127-182., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/zt01668p182.pdf [details] Available for editors  PDF available

status source Collins, A. G. (2009). Recent insights into cnidarian phylogeny. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences.</em> 38: 139-149. [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Soft Coral) (from synonym Alcyonacea)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 047434) (from synonym Gorgonacea)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 056808) (from synonym Alcyonacea)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 060949) 
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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