Deep-Sea 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 Ehrenberg, 1834 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Order Octocorallia incertae sedis (temporary name)
marine, brackish, terrestrial
Not documented
Deep-Sea (2025). Octocorallia. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1341 on 2026-01-20
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Octocorallia. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1341 on 2026-01-20
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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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 
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
status source Collins, A. G. (2009). Recent insights into cnidarian phylogeny. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences.</em> 38: 139-149. [details]
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
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
| 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 | 八放サンゴ亜綱ヤギ目 [from synonym]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 (Octocorallia)
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 (Octocorallia)
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
