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Scleralcyonacea
Scleralcyonacea, previously referred to as Calcaxonia, is an order of soft corals in the class Octocorallia. Families Families belonging to the order include: * Aulopsammiidae (Reuss, 1854) * Briareidae (Gray, 1859) * Chelidonisididae (Heestand Saucier, France & Watling, 2021) * Chrysogorgiidae (Verrill, 1883) * Coralliidae (Lamouroux, 1812) * Cornulariidae (Dana, 1846) * Dendrobrachiidae (Brook, 1889) * Ellisellidae (Gray, 1859) * Erythropodiidae (Kükenthal, 1916) * Helioporidae (Moseley, 1876) * Ideogorgiidae (McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024) * Ifalukellidae (Bayer, 1955) * Isidoidae (Heestand Saucier, France & Watling, 2021) * Keratoisididae (Gray, 1870) * Mopseidae (Gray, 1870) * Parasphaerascleridae (McFadden & van Ofwegen, 2013) * Parisididae ''Parisis'' is a genus of corals in the monotypic family Parisididae. Species Species In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chrysogorgia
''Chrysogorgia'' is a genus of soft corals in the family Chrysogorgiidae. Species * '' Chrysogorgia abludo'' Pante & Watling, 2011 * '' Chrysogorgia acanthella'' (Wright & Studer, 1889) * '' Chrysogorgia admete'' Bayer & Stefani, 1988 * '' Chrysogorgia agassizii'' (Verrill, 1883) * '' Chrysogorgia anastomosans'' Versluys, 1902 * '' Chrysogorgia antarctica'' Cairns, 2002 * '' Chrysogorgia arborescens'' Nutting, 1908 * '' Chrysogorgia artospira'' Pante & Watling, 2011 * '' Chrysogorgia averta'' Pante & Watling, 2011 * '' Chrysogorgia axillaris'' (Wright & Studer, 1889) * '' Chrysogorgia bracteata'' Bayer & Stefani, 1988 * '' Chrysogorgia calypso'' Bayer & Stefani, 1988 * '' Chrysogorgia campanula'' Madsen, 1944 * '' Chrysogorgia cavea'' Kinoshita, 1913 * '' Chrysogorgia chryseis'' Bayer & Stefani, 1988 * '' Chrysogorgia comans'' Kinoshita, 1913 * '' Chrysogorgia constricta'' Hiles, 1899 * '' Chrysogorgia cupressa'' (Wright & Studer, 1889) * '' C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calcaxonia
Calcaxonia is a suborder of soft corals in the order Alcyonacea Alcyonacea, or soft corals, are an order of corals. In addition to the fleshy soft corals, the order Alcyonacea now contains all species previously known as "gorgonian corals", that produce a more or less hard skeleton, though quite different f .... References * Taxonomic Study of Suborder Calcaxonia (Alcyonacea: Octocorallia: Anthozoa) from King Sejong Station, Antarctic. Song Jun-Im, Hwang Sung-Jin, Moon Haewon and An In-Young, Animal Systematics, 30 Apr 2012, Evolution and Diversity Volume 28, Issue2, pages 84~96, External links * * Alcyonacea Cnidarian suborders {{Octocorallia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parisididae
''Parisis'' is a genus of corals in the monotypic family Parisididae. Species Species In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of ... in this genus include: *'' Parisis australis'' Wright & Studer, 1889 *'' Parisis fruticosa'' Verrill, 1864 *'' Parisis laxa'' Verrill, 1865 *'' Parisis minor'' Wright & Studer, 1889 *'' Parisis poindimia'' Grasshoff, 1999 References Parisididae Octocorallia genera {{Octocorallia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keratoisididae
Bamboo coral, family Isididae, is a family of mostly deep-sea coral of the phylum Cnidaria. It is a commonly recognized inhabitant of the deep sea, due to the clearly articulated skeletons of the species. Deep water coral species such as this are especially affected by the practice of bottom trawling. These organisms may be an important environmental indicator in the study of long term climate change, as some specimens of bamboo coral have been discovered that are 4,000 years old. Description Relatively little is known about bamboo coral. The skeletons of bamboo coral are made up of calcium carbonate in the form of tree-like branches alternating with joint-like nodes or axes composed of gorgonin protein. The alternation of the bony structures with the smaller gorgonin parts give the bamboo coral a finger-like appearance similar to that of the bamboo plant on land. Bamboo coral was reported in 2005 to have been found on a dozen seamounts in the Pacific Ocean between Sant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ifalukellidae
Ifalukellidae is a family of corals belonging to the order Alcyonacea Alcyonacea, or soft corals, are an order of corals. In addition to the fleshy soft corals, the order Alcyonacea now contains all species previously known as "gorgonian corals", that produce a more or less hard skeleton, though quite different f .... Genera: * '' Ifalukella'' Bayer, 1955 * '' Plumigorgia'' Nutting, 1910 * '' Speirogorgia'' Williams, 2019 References Calcaxonia Cnidarian families {{Octocorallia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Octocorallia
Octocorallia (also known as Alcyonaria) is a class of Anthozoa comprising around 3,000 species of water-based organisms formed of colonial polyps with 8-fold symmetry. It includes the blue coral, soft corals, sea pens, and gorgonians (sea fans and sea whips) within three orders: Alcyonacea, Helioporacea, and Pennatulacea. These organisms have an internal skeleton secreted by mesoglea and polyps with eight tentacles and eight mesentaries. As with all Cnidarians these organisms have a complex life cycle including a motile phase when they are considered plankton and later characteristic sessile phase. Octocorals have existed at least since the Ordovician period, as shown by Maurits Lindström's findings in the 1970s, however recent work has shown a possible Cambrian origin. Biology Octocorals resemble the stony corals in general appearance and in the size of their polyps, but lack the distinctive stony skeleton. Also unlike the stony corals, each polyp has only eight tentacle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
