Alcyonacea

Translingual

Etymology

Alcyonium +‎ -acea

Proper noun

Alcyonacea

A taxonomic order within the subclass Alcyonaria – the soft corals.

Hypernyms

(order): Animalia - kingdom; Cnidaria - phylum; Anthozoa - class; Alcyonaria - subclass

Hyponyms

(order): Alcyoniina, Calcaxonia, Holaxonia, Protoalcyonaria, Scleraxonia, Stolonifera - suborders
- Alcyoniidae, Acanthoaxiidae, Acanthogorgiidae, Acrossotidae, Anthothelidae, Briareidae, Chrysogorgiidae, Clavulariidae, Coelogorgiidae, Coralliidae, Cornulariidae, Dendrobrachiidae, Ellisellidae, Gorgoniidae, Haimeidae, Ifalukellidae, Isididae, Keroeididae, Melithaeidae, Nephtheidae, Nidaliidae, Paragorgiidae, Paralcyoniidae, Parisididae, Plexauridae, Primnoidae, Pseudogorgiidae, Subergorgiidae, Taiaroidae, Tubiporidae, Xeniidae - families

References

Alcyonacea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Alcyonacea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Alcyonacea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Alcyonacea at the Tree of Life Web Project
Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

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