Alcyonacea

Translingual

Etymology

Alcyonium +‎ -acea

Proper noun

Alcyonacea

1. A taxonomic order within the subclass Alcyonaria – soft corals.

Hypernyms

• (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Cnidaria – phylum; Anthozoa - class; Alcyonaria - subclass

Hyponyms

• (order): Alcyoniina, Calcaxonia, Holaxonia, Protoalcyonaria, Scleraxonia, Stolonifera - suborders
  • Alcyoniidae, Acanthoaxiidae, Acanthogorgiidae, Acrossotidae, Anthothelidae, Arulidae, Briareidae, Chrysogorgiidae, Clavulariidae, Coelogorgiidae, Coralliidae, Cornulariidae, Dendrobrachiidae, Ellisellidae, Gorgoniidae, Haimeidae, Ifalukellidae, Isididae, Keroeididae, Melithaeidae, Nephtheidae, Nidaliidae, Paragorgiidae, Paralcyoniidae, Parisididae, Plexauridae, Primnoidae, Pseudogorgiidae, Subergorgiidae, Taiaroidae, Tubiporidae, Xeniidae - families

References

• Alcyonacea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Alcyonacea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Alcyonacea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Alcyonacea at the Tree of Life Web Project
• Alcyonacea at World Register of Marine Species
• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI