Octocorallia

Alternate names: Alcyonaria, Gorgonacea, horny coral, sea fan, sea feather, soft coral

Author: Haeckel, 1866

Representative image using: Sibogagorgia cauliflora

MBARI 2006: T947

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Representative image using: Isidella tentaculum

MBARI 2014: D641-03

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Representative image using: Acanella

MBARI 2006: T943-01

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Representative image using: Bathyalcyon robustum

MBARI 2005: T888

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Representative image using: Pennatula murrayi

MBARI 2006: T1062-07

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Representative image using: Chrysogorgia monticola

MBARI 2006: T945-02

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Representative image using: Distichoptilum gracile

MBARI 2004: V2536

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Representative image using: Anthoptilum grandiflorum

MBARI 2000: V1864-03

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Representative image using: Pennatulacea sp. 1

MABRI 2017: V4085

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Representative image using: Umbellula sp. 2

MBARI 2003: V2358-02

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Representative image using: Kophobelemnon sp. 1

MBARI 2006: T1062-07

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Representative image using: Protoptilum sp. 1

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Octocorallia

Alternate names: Alcyonaria, Gorgonacea, horny coral, sea fan, sea feather, soft coral

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Octocorallia Alternate names: Alcyonaria, Gorgonacea, horny coral, sea fan, sea feather, soft coral Author: Haeckel, 1866 Representative image using: Sibogagorgia cauliflora MBARI 2006: T947 Click here for a larger image. Representative image using: Isidella tentaculum MBARI 2014: D641-03 Click here for a larger image. Representative image using: Acanella MBARI 2006: T943-01 Click here for a larger image. Representative image using: Bathyalcyon robustum MBARI 2005: T888 Click here for a larger image. Representative image using: Pennatula murrayi MBARI 2006: T1062-07 Click here for a larger image. Representative image using: Chrysogorgia monticola MBARI 2006: T945-02 Click here for a larger image. Representative image using: Distichoptilum gracile MBARI 2004: V2536 Click here for a larger image. Representative image using: Anthoptilum grandiflorum MBARI 2000: V1864-03 Click here for a larger image. Representative image using: Pennatulacea sp. 1 MABRI 2017: V4085 Click here for a larger image. Representative image using: Umbellula sp. 2 MBARI 2003: V2358-02 Click here for a larger image. Representative image using: Kophobelemnon sp. 1 MBARI 2006: T1062-07 Click here for a larger image. Representative image using: Protoptilum sp. 1 Click here for a larger image. Taxonomy: Eukaryota (superkingdom) Animalia (kingdom) Cnidaria (phylum) Anthozoa (class) Octocorallia (subclass) Alcyonacea (order) Malacalcyonacea (order) Scleralcyonacea (order) Description Geographic Information Habitat description: Benthic, hard substrate. Additional Information References Encyclopedia of Life Tree of Life World Register of Marine Species National Center for Biotechnology Information Breedy, O. and H.M. Guzman (2007). A revision of the genus Leptogorgia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) in the eastern Pacific. Zootaxa, 1419:1–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1419.1.1 McFadden C.S., L.P. van Ofwegen, and A.M. Quattrini (2022). Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics. Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists. Vol. 1 No. 3. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18061/bssb.v1i3.8735 Media Phylogenetic Image Gallery Data Products Annotated Images Citation: Octocorallia (Haeckel, 1866 ) Deep-Sea Guide (DSG) at http://dsg/mbari.org/dsg/view/concept/Octocorallia. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI). Consulted on 2026-03-26.
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