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Alcyonacea

Anthozoa - 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).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Alcyonacea Lamouroux
2000Alcyonacea Veron p. 406
2002Alcyonacea Sepkoski
2021Alcyonacea McFadden et al. p. 637
2022Alcyonacea Goedert et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
RankNameAuthor
subclassOctocorallia
orderAlcyonaceaLamouroux 1816
orderAlcyonaceaLamouroux 1816

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Or. Alcyonacea Lamouroux 1816
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Subor. †Calcaxonia Grasshoff 1999
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Fm. †Chrysogorgiidae Verrill 1883
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G. †Radicipes Stearns 1883
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Radicipes pleurocristatus Stearns 1883
Fm. †Isididae Lamouroux 1812
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G. Isis Linnaeus 1758
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Isis polyacantha Steenstrup 1849
Subfm. †Keratoisidinae Gray 1870
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G. †Isidella Gray 1858
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Isidella elongata Esper 1788
G. †Lepidisis Verrill 1883
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Lepidisis caryophyllia Verrill 1883
G. Keratoisis Wright 1869
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Mopsea costata Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Mopsea tenisoni Chapman 1913
G. Nephthea Audouin 1826
Fm. †Nephtheidae Gray 1862
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G. Dendronephthya Kuekenthal 1905
G. †Nephtya
G. Tubipora Linnaeus 1758
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Tubipora musica Linnaeus 1758
Tubipora rubiola Quoy and Gaimard 1833
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available