Introduction to the Octocorallia
Introduction to the Octocorallia
Introduction to the Octocorallia. Although commonly called "soft corals," the Octocorallia are not close relatives of the Scleractinia, or "true corals" living ...
It includes the blue coral, soft corals, sea pens, and gorgonians (sea fans and sea whips) within three orders: Alcyonacea, Helioporacea, and Pennatulacea.
Octocorals (Subclass Octocorallia) - iNaturalist
Octocorallia (also known Alcyonaria) is a subclass of Anthozoa comprising ... Wikipedia, '', http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octocorallia, CC BY-SA 3.0 ...
Summary/Outlook ... With their bright colors and diverse sizes and shapes, octocorals greatly contribute to the stunning beauty of coral reefs. Despite their ...
Shallow Octocorals of the SAB - Octocoral Morphology
A brief overview of octocoral morphology is provided here for reference. The Octocorallia (=Alcyonaria) are anthozoan cnidarians with polyps bearing eight ...
The New Octocorallia: A Brief Review of Taxonomic Chaos
Soft Corals, Gorgonians, and Sea Pens comprise the Octocorallia, a major branch in the coral tree of life whose 3000+ species come in nearly every shape ...
Octocorallia - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Octocorallia is a subclass of the Anthozoa in the phylum Cnidaria. There are over 3.000 different species. These animals have an eight-fold symmetry.
Shallow Octocorals of the SAB - Introduction
2007). The Octocorallia has been the subject of many recent molecular phylogenetic studies which may eventually lead to major revisions of the classification as ...
Deep Water Octocorals - NOAA Ocean Exploration
Octocorals—the sea fans of tropical reefs—are classified within the Phylum Cnidaria and Class Anthozoa. All anthozoans are benthic, polyp-bearing corals and, ...
Reproduction in Octocorals: A Review
The Subclass Octocorallia represents a geographically and morphologically diverse group of cnidarians for which basic life history, including reproductive ...
Introduction: Octocorals also known as alcyonarians belonging to class Octocorallia and subphylum. Anthozoa of Cnidarian group of animals.
Molecular Phylogenetic Insights into the Evolution of Octocorallia
The anthozoan sub-class Octocorallia, comprising approximately 3000 species of soft corals, gorgonians, and sea pens, remains one of the most poorly understood ...
Deep-water Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of the temperate ...
Octocorallia is one of the most widely distributed and long-living groups of marine macro-benthic animals, comprising 53 recognized recent families (including ...
Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided ...
The anthozoan sub-class Octocorallia includes over 3500 nominal species of soft corals and gorgonian sea fans, many of which serve as critical ...
Octocorallia - Oxford Reference
A subclass of sedentary, colonial corals with polyps that always have eight tentacles which are almost invariably pinnate.
A new genus of soft coral (Octocorallia, Malacalcyonacea ... - NCBI
Among the soft coral taxa in order Malacalcyonacea, the family Alcyoniidae and its type genus Alcyonium have both been recognised to be highly ...
Synopsis of the Family Xeniidae (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) - ICRS2012
The confusing history of Anthelia was outlined in reviews by Gohar (1940) and Alderslade. (2000). Gohar (1939) also introduced the xeniid genus.
Primnoidae (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) of the SW Indian Ocean
Primnoidae (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) of the SW Indian Ocean: new species, genus revisions and systematics · Abstract · INTRODUCTION · MATERIAL AND ...
World Register of Marine Species - Octocorallia - WoRMS
Octocorallia · Biota · Animalia (Kingdom) · Cnidaria (Phylum) · Anthozoa (Subphylum) · Octocorallia (Class).
A new family of soft corals (Anthozoa, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) from ...
... Octocorallia, sea mounts, soft coral. Introduction. Octocorals are sessile, mostly colonial Anthozoa having polyps invariably containing eight ...