WoRMS taxon details
Octocorallia
Alcyonacea · unaccepted
Gorgonacea · unaccepted
Order Malacalcyonacea
Order Scleralcyonacea
Order Alcyonacea accepted as Octocorallia
Order Gorgonacea accepted as Octocorallia
Order Helioporacea accepted as Helioporidae Moseley, 1876
Order Pennatulacea accepted as Pennatuloidea McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022
Order Octocorallia incertae sedis (temporary name)
Order Scleralcyonacea
Order Alcyonacea accepted as Octocorallia
Order Gorgonacea accepted as Octocorallia
Order Helioporacea accepted as Helioporidae Moseley, 1876
Order Pennatulacea accepted as Pennatuloidea McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022
Order Octocorallia incertae sedis (temporary name)
marine, brackish
Not documented
WoRMS (2023). Octocorallia. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1341 on 2023-05-27
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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 
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | zachte koralen [from synonym]waaierkoralen [from synonym] | [details] |
| English | soft coralsoctocoralsoctocorallianshorny coralsgorgonians, sea fans, and sea feathersgorgoniansgorgonian corals [from synonym]alcyonaceans [from synonym] | [details] |
| German | Weichkorallen [from synonym]OktokorallenLederkorallen [from synonym]Hornkorallen [from synonym] | [details] |
| Japanese | 八放サンゴ亜綱ウミトサカ目 [from synonym] | [details] |
| Swedish | hornkoraller [from synonym] | [details] |
CALAcademy Octocoral Research Center
NOAA - Deep Water Octocorals
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Alcyonacea)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Soft Coral) (from synonym Alcyonacea)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) (from synonym Alcyonacea)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Alcyonacea)
To Genbank (from synonym Gorgonacea)
To The Arctic Traits Database (2 traits) (from synonym Alcyonacea)
To The Arctic Traits Database (2 traits)
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
NOAA - Deep Water Octocorals
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Alcyonacea)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Soft Coral) (from synonym Alcyonacea)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) (from synonym Alcyonacea)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Alcyonacea)
To Genbank (from synonym Gorgonacea)
To The Arctic Traits Database (2 traits) (from synonym Alcyonacea)
To The Arctic Traits Database (2 traits)
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
