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Alcyonacea  Lamouroux, 1816
Taxonomic Serial No.: 52016

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Order  
  Synonym(s): Stolonifera Hickson, 1883
  
    Telestacea Hickson, 1930
  
    Gorgonacea Lamouroux, 1816
  
  Common Name(s): soft corals [English]
  
    soft corals
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2015   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    PhylumCnidaria Hatschek, 1888 – cnidarians, coelenterates, cnidaires, coelentérés, água viva, anêmona, caravela, cnidario, coral, hidra  
       SubphylumAnthozoa   
          ClassAnthozoa Ehrenberg, 1834 – corals, flower animals, sea anemones, anémones de mer, coraux, água viva, anêmona, antozoário, caravela, corais, gorgônia  
             SubclassOctocorallia Haeckel, 1866  
                OrderAlcyonacea Lamouroux, 1816 – soft corals, soft corals  
    Direct Children:  
                   Family Astrospiculariidae   
                   Family Clavulariidae Hickson, 1894  
                   Family Cornulariidae   
                   Family Nephtheidae   
                   Family Siphonogorgiidae   
                   Family Tubiporidae Ehrenberg, 1828  
                   Family Xeniidae Ehrenberg, 1828  
                   Suborder Alcyoniina  – true soft corals 
                   Suborder Calcaxonia   
                   Suborder Holaxonia Studer, 1887  
                   Suborder Scleraxonia Studer, 1887  
       

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  Source: American Fisheries Society, 1991, database (version 1)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: soft corals   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Alcyonacea   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Bayer, Frederick M.  
  Publication Date: 1956   
  Article/Chapter Title: Octocorallia   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part F: Coelenterata   
  Page(s): F166-F231   
  Publisher: Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press   
  Publication Place: Lawrence, Kansas, USA   
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  Notes: 1963 reprint edition. Separately authored chapters may include original descriptions   
  Reference for: Alcyonacea   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Cairns, Stephen D., Dale R. Calder, Anita Brinckmann-Voss, Clovis B. Castro, Daphne G. Fautin,...  
  Publication Date: 2002   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Cnidaria and Ctenophora, Second Edition, 2002   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 28   
  Page(s): xi + 115   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-39-5, 0097-0638  
  Notes: Full author list: Cairns, Stephen D., Dale R. Calder, Anita Brinckmann-Voss, Clovis B. Castro, Daphne G. Fautin, Philip R. Pugh, Claudia E. Mills, Walter C. Jaap, Mary N. Arai, Stephen H. D. Haddock, and Dennis M. Opresko   
  Reference for: Alcyonacea, soft corals [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Ruggiero, M. A., D. P. Gordon, T. M. Orrell, N. Bailly, T. Bourgoin, R. C. Brusca, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2015   
  Article/Chapter Title: Correction: A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: PLoS ONE vol. 10, no. 6, e0130114   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1932-6203   
  Notes: Available online at http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0130114#sec001 ; Full authorship: Ruggiero, M. A., D. P. Gordon, T. M. Orrell, N. Bailly, T. Bourgoin, R. C. Brusca, T. Cavalier-Smith, M. D. Guiry, and P. M. Kirk   
  Reference for: Alcyonacea   
       

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