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CAAB Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Cnidaria (phylum) » Anthozoa (class) » Alcyonacea (order) » Alcyoniidae (family)
| CAAB Code: | 11 176000 |
| Scientific Name and Authority: | Alcyoniidae - undifferentiated |
| CAAB category: | 11 - Cnidaria Jellyfish, sea anemones, corals and allies | Distribution map: |
| Family: | Alcyoniidae (soft corals) - show full list | |
| Common Name: | soft corals | |
| Common Names List: | soft corals | |
| Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
 Commercial species list:  Standard Fish Names List: | |
| Habitat: |
Marine unspecified | |
| Parent Codes: |
11 173000
Order Alcyonacea - undifferentiated | |
| Child Codes: |
11 176903
Alcyonium spp. 11 176901 Anthomastus spp. 11 176916 Bathyalcyon spp. 11 176904 Bellonella spp. 11 176905 Cladiella spp. 11 176906 Eleutherobia spp. 11 176918 Heteropolypus spp. 11 176907 Klyxum spp. 11 176915 Lobophytum spp. 11 176908 Lohowia spp. 11 176917 Minabea spp. 11 176909 Notodysiferus spp. 11 176914 Paraminabea spp. 11 176912 Pseudoanthomastus spp. 11 176902 Sarcophyton spp. 11 176910 Sinularia spp. 11 176911 Skamnarium spp. 11 176913 Sphaerasclera spp. | |
| Organism Type: | a soft coral |
| Taxon Notes: | This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to family level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available. | ||||
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| Scientific Name verified against: | Bryce, M. Poliseno, A. Alderslade, P. Vargas, S., 2015. Digitate and capitate soft corals (Cnidaria: Octocorallia: Alcyoniidae) from Western Australia with reports on new species and new Australian geographical records., Zootaxa, Vol. 3963(2): 160-200. |