Octocorallia

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Phylum: Cnidaria
Classis: Anthozoa
Subclassis: Octocorallia
Ordines: Malacalcyonacea – Scleralcyonacea

Genera incertae sedis: Speirogorgia –

Name

Octocorallia

Synonyms

Alcyonaria
Alcyonacea
Gorgonacea

names in synonymy:

References

McFadden, C.S., van Ofwegen, L.P. & Quattrini, A.M. 2022. Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics. Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists 1(3), 8735: 1–79. DOI: 10.18061/bssb.v1i3.8735 PDF Reference page.
Alderslade, P., Althaus, F., McEnnulty, F., Gowlett-Holmes, K. & Williams, A. 2014. Australia’s deep-water octocoral fauna: historical account and checklist, distributions and regional affinities of recent collections. Zootaxa 3796(3): 435–452. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3796.3.2 Reference page.
Breedy, O., McFadden, C.S. & Cortés, J. 2023. An enigmatic new octocoral species (Anthozoa, Octocorallia, Malacalcyonacea) from Isla del Coco National Park. Zookeys 1169ː 317–331. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1169.100576 Reference page.
Devictor, S.T.; Morton, S.L. 2010: Identification guide to the shallow water (0–200 m) octocorals of the South Atlantic Bight. Zootaxa, 2599: 1–62. Preview PDF
McFadden, C.S., Benayahu, Y. & Samimi-Namin, K. 2024. A new genus of soft coral (Octocorallia, Malacalcyonacea, Cladiellidae) and three new species from Indo-Pacific coral reefs. ZooKeys 1188: 275–304. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1188.110617 Reference page.
Morín, J., Venera-Pontón, D., Driskell, A., Sánchez, J., Lasker, H. & Collin, R. 2019. Reference DNA barcodes and other mitochondrial markers for identifying Caribbean Octocorals. Biodiversity Data Journal, 7: e30970. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.7.e30970 Reference page.
Ofwegen, van L.P. & C.S. McFadden 2010: A new family of octocorals (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) from Cameroon waters. Journal of natural history, 44: 23–29. DOI: 10.1080/00222930903359669
Sampaio, Í., Freiwald, A., Porteiro, F.M., Menezes, G. & Carreiro-Silva, M. 2019. Census of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of the Azores (NE Atlantic) with a nomenclature update. Zootaxa 4550(4): 451–498. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4550.4.1 pdf Reference page.
Williams, D.J. 2019. The status of three species names in the mealybug genus Rastrococcus Ferris (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae). Zootaxa 4565(3): 442–442. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4565.3.11 Reference page.
Williams, G.C. & S.D. Cairns 2006 (rev.) Systematic List of valid Octocoral Genera.[1]

Vernacular names

беларуская: Васьміпрамянёвыя каралы
Deutsch: Lederkorallen
Ελληνικά: Οκτωκοράλλια
español: Octocorales
suomi: Sulkakorallit
français: Octocorallia
日本語: 八放珊瑚亜綱
македонски: Осумзрачни корали
polski: Koralowce ośmiopromienne