Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Anthozoa > Class Octocorallia

Malacalcyonacea McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022

Rank: Order
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Order group names

Alcyoniina synonym
Holaxonia Studer, 1887 synonym
Scleraxonia Studer, 1887 synonym
Stolonifera Thomson & Simpson, 1909 synonym

Children

Acanthogorgiidae Gray, 1859
Alcyoniidae Lamouroux, 1812
Capnellidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
Ceratocaulidae López-González, San Martín-Payá & Williams, 2024
Cerveridae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
Cladiellidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
Clavulariidae Hickson, 1894
Eunicellidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
Euplexauridae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
Gorgoniidae Lamouroux, 1812
Incrustatidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
Isididae Lamouroux, 1812
Malacalcyonacea incertae sedis
Nephtheidae Gray, 1862
Paralcyoniidae Gray, 1869
Plexauridae Gray, 1859
Pterogorgiidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
Sarcophytidae Gray, 1869
Tubiporidae Ehrenberg, 1828
Xeniidae Ehrenberg, 1828

Literature

original description

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, pp. 1-79.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Malacalcyonacea. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1609357

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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2022-11-02 by Cathy McFadden

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