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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
Octocorallia
Alcyoniina · unaccepted
Holaxonia · unaccepted
Protoalcyonaria · unaccepted
Scleraxonia · unaccepted
Stolonifera · unaccepted

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  1. Family Acanthogorgiidae Gray, 1859
  2. Family Alcyoniidae Lamouroux, 1812
  3. Family Anthogorgiidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
  4. Family Astrogorgiidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
  5. Family Capnellidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
  6. Family Carijoidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
  7. Family Clavulariidae Hickson, 1894
  8. Family Eunicellidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
  9. Family Gorgoniidae Lamouroux, 1812
  10. Family Incrustatidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
  11. Family Isididae Lamouroux, 1812
  12. Family Keroeididae Kinoshita, 1910
  13. Family Lemnaliidae Gray, 1869
  14. Family Melithaeidae Gray, 1870
  15. Family Nephtheidae Gray, 1862
  16. Family Nidaliidae Gray, 1869
  17. Family Plexauridae Gray, 1859
  18. Family Primafloridae Morrissey, Allcock, Quattrini & McFadden, 2025
  19. Family Pterogorgiidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
  20. Family Sarcophytidae Gray, 1869
  21. Family Scleracidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
  22. Family Sinulariidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
  23. Family Siphonogorgiidae Kölliker, 1874
  24. Family Subergorgiidae Gray, 1859
  25. Family Taiaroidae Bayer & Muzik, 1976
  26. Family Tubiporidae Ehrenberg, 1828
  27. Family Victorgorgiidae Moore, Alderslade & Miller, 2017
  28. Family Xeniidae Ehrenberg, 1828
  29. Suborder Alcyoniina accepted as Malacalcyonacea
  30. Family Anthogorgiidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 accepted as Anthogorgiidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 (unaccepted > unavailable name, published online only)
  31. Family Anthothelidae Broch, 1916 accepted as Alcyoniidae Lamouroux, 1812
  32. Family Astrogorgiidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 accepted as Astrogorgiidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 (unaccepted > unavailable name, published online only)
  33. Family Capnellidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 accepted as Capnellidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 (unaccepted > unavailable name, published online only)
  34. Family Carijoidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 accepted as Carijoidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 (unaccepted > unavailable name, published online only)
  35. Family Eunicellidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 accepted as Eunicellidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 (unaccepted > unavailable name, published online only)
  36. Suborder Holaxonia accepted as Malacalcyonacea
  37. Family Incrustatidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 accepted as Incrustatidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 (unaccepted > unavailable name, published online only)
  38. Family Lemnaliidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 accepted as Lemnaliidae Gray, 1869 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
  39. Family Paramuriceidae Bayer, 1956 accepted as Acanthogorgiidae Gray, 1859
  40. Suborder Protoalcyonaria accepted as Malacalcyonacea
  41. Family Pterogorgiidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 accepted as Pterogorgiidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 (unaccepted > unavailable name, published online only)
  42. Family Sarcophytidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 accepted as Sarcophytidae Gray, 1869 (incorrect authority)
  43. Family Scleracidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 accepted as Scleracidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 (unaccepted > unavailable name, published online only)
  44. Suborder Scleraxonia accepted as Malacalcyonacea
  45. Family Sinulariidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 accepted as Sinulariidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 (unaccepted > unavailable name, published online only)
  46. Suborder Stolonifera accepted as Malacalcyonacea
  47. Family Malacalcyonacea incertae sedis (temporary name)
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] 
Deep-Sea (2026). Malacalcyonacea. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1609357 on 2026-07-01
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Malacalcyonacea. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1609357 on 2026-07-01
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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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LanguageName 
German Röhrenkorallen [from synonym]  [details]
Italian stoloniferi [from synonym]  [details]
Japanese 角軸／全軸亜目 [from synonym]石軸／骨軸亜目 [from synonym]ウミトサカ亜目 [from synonym]ウミヅタ亜目 [from synonym]  [details]
Lithuanian vamzdiniai koralai [from synonym]  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Στολωνοφόρα [from synonym]  [details]
Norwegian orgelpipekoraller [from synonym]  [details]
Russian совообра́зные [from synonym]  [details]
Turkish mercanlar [from synonym]  [details]
Ukrainian Столоніфери [from synonym]  [details]
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 (from synonym Protoalcyonaria)
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)
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