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IRMNG taxon details

Malacalcyonacea

11938077 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:11938077)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Octocorallia (Class)
  6. Malacalcyonacea (Order)
McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022
accepted
Order
Octocorallia
Protoalcyonaria · unaccepted
Stolonifera · unaccepted
Telestacea · unaccepted

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  1. Family Acanthoaxiidae van Ofwegen & McFadden, 2010
  2. Family Acanthogorgiidae Gray, 1859
  3. Family Acrophytidae McFadden & van Ofwegen, 2017
  4. Family Acrossotidae Bourne, 1914
  5. Genus Alaskagorgia Sánchez & Cairns, 2004
  6. Family Alcyoniidae Lamouroux, 1812
  7. Family Anthogorgiidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
  8. Family Aquaumbridae Breedy, van Ofwegen & Vargas, 2012
  9. Family Arulidae McFadden & Ofwegen, 2012
  10. Family Astrogorgiidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
  11. Genus Calcigorgia Broch, 1935
  12. Family Capnellidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
  13. Family Carijoidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
  14. Family Ceratocaulidae López-González, Sanmartín-Payá & Williams, 2024
  15. Family Cerveridae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
  16. Family Cladiellidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
  17. Family Clavulariidae Hickson, 1894
  18. Family Coelogorgiidae Bourne, 1900
  19. Family Corymbophytidae McFadden & van Ofwegen, 2017
  20. Genus Cryogorgia Williams, 2005
  21. Genus Cyclomuricea Nutting, 1908
  22. Family Discophytidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
  23. Genus Elenanthus Sanamyan & Sanamyan, 2020
  24. Family Eunicellidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
  25. Family Euplexauridae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
  26. Family Gorgoniidae Lamouroux, 1812
  27. Family Hicksoniidae Delage & Hérouard, 1901
  28. Family Incrustatidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
  29. Family Isididae Lamouroux, 1812
  30. Family Keroeididae Kinoshita, 1910
  31. Family Laurinqueidae Breedy, McFadden, Murillo-Cruz & Quattrini in Breedy et al., 2026
  32. Family Lemnaliidae Gray, 1869
  33. Family Leptophytidae McFadden & van Ofwegen, 2017
  34. Family Malacacanthidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
  35. Family Melithaeidae Gray, 1870
  36. Family Nephtheidae Gray, 1862
  37. Family Nephthyigorgiidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
  38. Family Nidaliidae Gray, 1869
  39. Family Paralcyoniidae Gray, 1869
  40. Family Paramuriceidae Bayer, 1956
  41. Family Plexaurellidae Verrill, 1912
  42. Family Plexauridae Gray, 1859
  43. Family Primafloridae Morrissey, Allcock, Quattrini & McFadden, 2025
  44. Family Pseudonephtheidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
  45. Genus Pseudothelogorgia van Ofwegen, 1994
  46. Family Pterogorgiidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
  47. Family Rosgorgiidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
  48. Family Sarcophytidae Gray, 1869
  49. Family Scleracidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
  50. Family Sinulariidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
  51. Family Siphonogorgiidae Kölliker, 1874
  52. Family Skamnariidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
  53. Family Subergorgiidae Gray, 1859
  54. Genus Sueciatractos Reich & Kutscher, 2023 †
  55. Family Taiaroidae Bayer & Muzik, 1976
  56. Genus Thesea Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860
  57. Family Tubiporidae Ehrenberg, 1828
  58. Family Victorgorgiidae Moore, Alderslade & Miller, 2017
  59. Family Xeniidae Ehrenberg, 1828
  60. Family Alcyonidae accepted as Alcyoniidae Lamouroux, 1812 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  61. Family Anthothelidae Broch, 1916 accepted as Alcyoniidae Lamouroux, 1812 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  62. Family Asterospiculariidae Utinomi, 1951 accepted as Xeniidae Ehrenberg, 1828
  63. Family Astrospiculariidae accepted as Asterospiculariidae Utinomi, 1951 accepted as Xeniidae Ehrenberg, 1828 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  64. Genus Filigella Gray, 1868 accepted as Thesea Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 (synonym)
  65. Family Maasellidae Poche, 1914 accepted as Paralcyoniidae Gray, 1869 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  66. Family Melitodidae accepted as Melithaeidae Gray, 1870
  67. Family Muriceidae accepted as Plexauridae Gray, 1859
  68. Family Nephthyidae [Cnidaria, misspelling of Nephtheidae] accepted as Nephtheidae Gray, 1862 (variant spelling)
  69. Family Telestidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 accepted as Tubiporidae Ehrenberg, 1828
  70. Family Viguieriotidae Bayer, 1954 accepted as Paralcyoniidae Gray, 1869 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
McFadden, C. S.; van Ofwegen, L. P.; Quattrini, A. M. (2022). Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics. <em>Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists.</em> 1(3): 1-79., available online at https://doi.org/10.18061/bssb.v1i3.8735 [details] 
IRMNG (2026). Malacalcyonacea. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=11938077 on 2026-09-11
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2024-05-27 18:33:38Z
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Rees, Tony

original description McFadden, C. S.; van Ofwegen, L. P.; Quattrini, A. M. (2022). Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics. <em>Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists.</em> 1(3): 1-79., available online at https://doi.org/10.18061/bssb.v1i3.8735 [details] 

basis of record World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (2024 version). , available online at https://www.marinespecies.org/ [details] 

taxonomy source World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (2024 version). , available online at https://www.marinespecies.org/ [details] 

name verified source World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (2024 version). , available online at https://www.marinespecies.org/ [details] 

current name source World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (2024 version). , available online at https://www.marinespecies.org/ [details] 

extant flag source World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (2024 version). , available online at https://www.marinespecies.org/ [details] 

habitat flag source World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (2024 version). , available online at https://www.marinespecies.org/ [details] 
To WoRMS (from synonym Telestacea)
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