MSBIAS taxon details

Malacalcyonacea

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

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

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  1. Family Acanthogorgiidae Gray, 1859
  2. Family Alcyoniidae Lamouroux, 1812
  3. Family Capnellidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
  4. Family Cerveridae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
  5. Family Clavulariidae Hickson, 1894
  6. Family Eunicellidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
  7. Family Gorgoniidae Lamouroux, 1812
  8. Family Isididae Lamouroux, 1812
  9. Family Nephtheidae Gray, 1862
  10. Family Paralcyoniidae Gray, 1869
  11. Family Plexauridae Gray, 1859
  12. Family Pterogorgiidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
  13. Suborder Alcyoniina accepted as Malacalcyonacea
  14. Family Anthothelidae Broch, 1916 accepted as Alcyoniidae Lamouroux, 1812
  15. Family Capnellidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 accepted as Capnellidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 (unaccepted > unavailable name, published online only)
  16. Family Cerveridae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 accepted as Cerveridae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 (unaccepted > unavailable name, published online only)
  17. Family Eunicellidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 accepted as Eunicellidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 (unaccepted > unavailable name, published online only)
  18. Suborder Holaxonia accepted as Malacalcyonacea
  19. Family Paramuriceidae Bayer, 1956 accepted as Acanthogorgiidae Gray, 1859
  20. Family Pterogorgiidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 accepted as Pterogorgiidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 (unaccepted > unavailable name, published online only)
  21. Suborder Scleraxonia accepted as Malacalcyonacea
  22. Suborder Stolonifera accepted as Malacalcyonacea
  23. 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] 
MSBIAS (2026). Malacalcyonacea. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1609357 on 2026-06-30
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Malacalcyonacea. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1609357 on 2026-06-30
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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