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Octocorallians

Octocorallia Haeckel 1866

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Octocorallia Haeckel 1866
Subclass recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Octocorallia
Subclass recognized by wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia CZ, wikipedia FI, wikipedia NO, wikipedia UK, wikipedia CA, wikipedia SV, wikipedia TR, Paleobiology Database, wikipedia DE, wikipedia ES, wikipedia IT, wikipedia PT, wikipedia FR, Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, iNaturalist data coverage, and Wikipedia (inferred records)
Octocorallia
Recognized by McFadden et al 2010 and Appeltans et al
Octocorallia Haeckel 1866
Subclass recognized by Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, World Register of Marine Species, Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3, and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Octocorallia Haeckel 1866
Recognized by Marine Life in the Koh Phangan vicinity

Alternative Names

Alcyonaria Dana 1846
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Octocorallia
Harvest ancestor according to literature body sizes metazoa

Common Names

English

octocorallians preferred
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species
octocorals
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Arabic

مرجانيات ثمانية preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Azerbaijani

Səkkizşüalılar preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Belarusian

Васьміпрамянёвыя каралы preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Catalan; Valencian

Octocoral·lis preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

八放珊瑚亚纲 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
八放珊瑚亞綱 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Finnish

Sulkakorallit preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Galician

Octocoraliarios preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

German

Lederkorallen preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Greek, Modern (1453-)

Αλκυονάρια (Οκτωκοράλλια) preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hebrew

אלמוגי השמונה preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hungarian

nyolcosztatú virágállatok preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Italian

Alcyonaria preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

八放珊瑚亜綱 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
八放サンゴ亜綱
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Kirghiz; Kyrgyz

Жумшак шурулар preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Latvian

Astoņstarainie koraļļi preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Macedonian

Осумзрачни корали preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Norwegian

åttetallskoraller preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

هشت‌مرجانیان preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Polish

Koralowce ośmiopromienne preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Portuguese

Alcyonaria preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Russian

восьмилучевые кораллы preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Serbian

октокоралије preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Slovak

Osemlúčovky preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Spanish; Castilian

Octocorales preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ukrainian

Восьмипроменеві корали preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

مرجانيات تمنيه preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Sr Ec

Октокоралије preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Sr El

Oktokoralije preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

八放珊瑚亚纲 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hans

八放珊瑚亚纲 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hant

八放珊瑚亞綱 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hk

八放珊瑚亞綱 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

八放珊瑚亞綱 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Octocorallia Haeckel 1866

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Cnidaria
Anthozoa Ehrenberg 1834
Octocorallia Haeckel 1866 (this page)
Alcyonacea Lamouroux 1812
Helioporacea Bock 1938
Pennatulacea Verrill 1865
Auloporida
Ceriantharia Perrier 1893
Hexacorallia Haeckel 1896

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Octocorallia (this page)
Aspera Dautova 2018
Bayergorgia Williams & López-González 2005
Briareopsis Bayer 1993
Caliacis Deichmann 1936
Canarya Ocaña & van Ofwegen 2003
Ceratocaulon Jungersen 1892
Chalcogorgia Bayer 1949
Chondronephthya Utinomi 1960
Daniela von Koch 1891
Denhartogia Ocaña & van Ofwegen 2003
Distichogorgia Bayer 1979
Elasmogorgia Wright & Studer 1889
Flagelligorgia Cairns & Cordeiro 2017
Haimeidae Wright 1865
Hookerella Gray 1870
Hypnogorgia Duchassaing & Michelotti 1864
Inflatocalyx Verseveldt & Bayer 1988
Lanthanocephalus Williams & Starmer 2000
Lignopsis Pérez & Zamponi 2000
Malacalcyonacea McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini 2022
Mesogligorgia López-González 2007
Moolabalia Alderslade 2001
Pennatulacea
Proheliopora Kuzmicheva 1975
Pseudocladochonus Versluys 1907
Pseudogorgiidae Utinomi & Harada 1973
Pseudosuberia Kükenthal 1916
Pseudothesea Kükenthal 1919
Rhipiopathes
Rolandia de Lacaze-Duthiers 1900
Scleralcyonacea McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini 2022
Scleranthelia Studer 1878
Speirogorgia Williams 2019
Sphaeralcyon López-González & Gili 2000
Stereacanthia Thomson & Henderson 1906
Stereogorgia Kükenthal 1916
Stereosoma Hickson 1894
Tesseranthelia Bayer 1981
Thelogorgia Bayer 1991
Tubigorgia Pasternak 1985
Verseveldtia Williams 1990
Williamsium Moore, Alderslade & Miller 2017
Xenogorgia Bayer & Muzik 1976
Ceriantharia
Heliolitina
Hexacorallia

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Octocorallia Haeckel 1866 (this page)
Alcyonacea Lamouroux 1812
Helioporacea Bock 1938
Pennatulacea Verrill 1865
Auloporida
Ceriantharia Perrier 1893
Hexacorallia Haeckel 1896

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Octocorallia Haeckel 1866 (this page)
Alcyonacea Lamouroux 1812
Helioporacea Bock 1938
Pennatulacea Verrill 1865
Auloporida
Ceriantharia Perrier 1893
Hexacorallia Haeckel 1896

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Cnidaria Hatschek 1888
Anthozoa
Anthozoa Ehrenberg 1834
Octocorallia Haeckel 1866 (this page)
Alcyonacea Lamouroux 1816
Helioporacea
Pennatulacea Verrill 1865
Hexacorallia

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Octocorallia Haeckel 1866 (this page)
Actiniaria
Actiniaria Hertwig 1882
Antipatharia
Antipatharia
Auloporida
Auloporida
Auloporida Sokolov 1947
Ceriantharia Perrier 1893
Corallimorpharia
Corallimorpharia Carlgren 1943
Favositida
Favositida Wedekind 1937
Halysitida
Halysitida Sokolov 1962
Heliolitida
Heliolitida Frech 1897
Heterocorallia
Heterocorallia Schindewolf 1941
Hexacorallia Haeckel 1896
Hexanthiniaria
Hexanthiniaria Montanaro-Gallitelli 1975
Kilbuchophyllida
Kilbuchophyllida Scrutton & Clarkson 1991
Lichenariida
Lichenariida Murray 1985
Malacalcyonacea
Malacalcyonacea McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini 2022
Octocorallia incertae sedis
Penicillaria
Penicillaria den Hartog 1977
Pennatulacea
Pterocorallia Frech 1890
Rugosa incertae sedis
Rugosa Milne Edwards & Haime 1850
Sarcinulida
Sarcinulida Sokolov 1962
Scleractinia
Scleractinia Bourne 1900
Scleralcyonacea
Scleralcyonacea McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini 2022
Spirularia
Spirularia den Hartog 1977
Spongiomorphidae
Spongiomorphidae Frech 1890
Stauriida
Stauriida Verrill 1865
Stereolasmatina
Stereolasmatina Hill 1981
Synarachnactidae
Synarachnactidae Molodtsova & Simakova 2023
Syringoporida
Syringoporida Sokolov 1962
Tabulata incertae sedis
Tabulata Milne Edwards & Haime 1850
Tetradiida Okulitch 1936
Zoantharia
Zoantharia Gray 1832
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