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Alcyonacea
Taxonomy
Alcyonacea was named by Lamouroux (1816). It is extant.
It was assigned to Anthozoa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Octocorallia by Veron (2000), McFadden et al. (2021) and Goedert et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Anthozoa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Octocorallia by Veron (2000), McFadden et al. (2021) and Goedert et al. (2022).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1816 | Alcyonacea Lamouroux |
2000 | Alcyonacea Veron p. 406 |
2002 | Alcyonacea Sepkoski |
2021 | Alcyonacea McFadden et al. p. 637 |
2022 | Alcyonacea Goedert et al. |
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Or. Alcyonacea Lamouroux 1816
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G. Nephthea Audouin 1826
G. †Nephtya
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available