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Octocorallia (also
known as Alcyonaria) is a
class of
Anthozoa comprising over 3,000
species of
marine organisms formed of
colonial polyps with 8-fold...
- as
stony corals, sea anemones, tube
anemones and zoanthids, and
class Octocorallia, with
members that have eight-fold symmetry, such as soft corals, gorgonians...
- Pennatulacea,
which are colony-forming
benthic filter feeders within the
class Octocorallia (subphylum Anthozoa).
There are 14
families within the
order and 35 extant...
- that
generally have a 6-fold symmetry.
Octocorallia includes blue
coral and soft
corals and
species of
Octocorallia have
polyps with an
eightfold symmetry...
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order Scleractinia (stony corals;
class Hexacorallia) and the
class Octocorallia, and in
subphylum Medusozoa in
three hydrozoan families in
order Anthoathecata;...
- The
hexacorallia are
distinguished from
another class of Anthozoa,
Octocorallia, in
having six or
fewer axes of
symmetry in
their body structure; the...
- Aves (birds)
Reptilia (reptiles,
paraphyletic with
respect to Aves)
Octocorallia Hexacorallia Ceriantharia Cubozoa (box jellyfish)
Hydrozoa (hydroids)...
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Malacalcyonacea is an
order of soft
corals in the
class Octocorallia.
Acanthoaxiidae van
Ofwegen & McFadden, 2010
Acanthogorgiidae Gray, 1859 Acrophytidae...
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Gorgoniidae is a
family of soft corals, a
member of the
subclass Octocorallia in the
phylum Cnidaria.
Nearly all the
genera and
species are
native to the...
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Retrieved 15
December 2011. Bayer, F. M. (1961). The shallow-water
Octocorallia of the West
Indian region.
Studies on the
Fauna of Curaçao and other...
