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Order
Gorgonacea
Lamouroux, 1816
- sea fans and sea whips
(invertebrate)
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Entity:
Alcyonaria (Subclass)
..Alcyonacea (Order) - soft corals
..Helioporacea (Order) - helioporaceans
..†Microcoryne (Genus)
..Pennatulacea (Order) - sea pens and sea pansies
..Stolonifera (Order) - stoloniferans
..Gorgonacea (Order) - sea fans and sea whips
....Holaxonia (Suborder)
....Scleraxonia (Suborder)
Concise hierarchy
(Kingdom)
Animalia
-
(Phylum)
Cnidaria
-
(Class)
Anthozoa
Phylogeny
Paraphyletic/Ancestral (para)
Current position
Alcyonaria
(Subclass)
Ref:
E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004
: 143.
Alternative positions
Alcyonaria
(Class)
Octocorallia
(Subclass)
Haeckel, 1866
Ref:
R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Octocorallia
(Subclass)
Haeckel, 1866
Historical positions
Alcyonaria
(Subclass)
Ref:
E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004
: 143.
Octocorallia
(Subclass)
Haeckel, 1866
Ref:
R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Alcyonaria
(Subclass)
Ref:
D.F. Dunn, 1982
: 688.
Octocorallia
(Subclass)
Haeckel, 1866
Ref:
T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Number of Subtaxa
2025
Available in Systema Naturae 2000
16f;165g;17s; †1s
1989-present
Systema Naturae 2000
[16f;159g]
1990
R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca
18f
1982
D.F. Dunn
: 688
2so18f[123g]
1979
T.I. Storer et al.
~1,000s
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21 Sep 2025