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Malacalcyonacea
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Malacalcyonacea

Malacalcyonacea is an order of soft corals in the class Octocorallia....

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54 branches of this order, most-observed first

Sarcophytidae

familySarcophytidae

Gorgoniidae

familyGorgoniidae

Nephtheidae

familyNephtheidae

Plexaurid sea fans

familyPlexauridae

Eunicellidae

familyEunicellidae

Xeniidae

familyXeniidae

Acanthogorgiidae

familyAcanthogorgiidae

Melithaeidae

familyMelithaeidae

Alcyoniidae

familyAlcyoniidae

Subergorgiidae

familySubergorgiidae

Carijoidae

familyCarijoidae

Cladiellidae

familyCladiellidae

Siphonogorgiidae

familySiphonogorgiidae

Tubiporidae

familyTubiporidae

Clavulariidae

familyClavulariidae

bamboo corals

familyIsididae

Capnellidae

familyCapnellidae

Astrogorgiidae

familyAstrogorgiidae

Pterogorgiidae

familyPterogorgiidae

Leptophytidae

familyLeptophytidae

Euplexauridae

familyEuplexauridae

Anthogorgiidae

familyAnthogorgiidae

Lemnaliadae

familyLemnaliadae

Sinulariidae

familySinulariidae

Paralcyoniidae

familyParalcyoniidae

Malacacanthidae

familyMalacacanthidae

Plexaurellidae

familyPlexaurellidae

Discophytidae

familyDiscophytidae

Acrossotidae

familyAcrossotidae

Incrustatidae

familyIncrustatidae

Coelogorgiidae

familyCoelogorgiidae

Nephthyigorgiidae

familyNephthyigorgiidae

Arulidae

familyArulidae

Pseudonephtheidae

familyPseudonephtheidae

Keroeididae

familyKeroeididae

Nidaliidae

familyNidaliidae

Acrophytidae

familyAcrophytidae

Cerveridae

familyCerveridae

Calcigorgia

genusCalcigorgia

Skamnariidae

familySkamnariidae

Thesea

genusThesea

Acanthoaxiidae

familyAcanthoaxiidae

Corymbophytidae

familyCorymbophytidae

Aquaumbridae

familyAquaumbridae

Taiaroidae

familyTaiaroidae

Victorgorgiidae

familyVictorgorgiidae

Rosgorgiidae

familyRosgorgiidae

Scleracidae

familyScleracidae

Alaskagorgia

genusAlaskagorgia

Cryogorgia

genusCryogorgia

Elenanthus

genusElenanthus

Pseudothelogorgia

genusPseudothelogorgia

Cyclomuricea

genusCyclomuricea

Hicksoniidae

familyHicksoniidae

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