
Malacalcyonacea
Malacalcyonacea is an order of soft corals in the class Octocorallia....
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
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1435134.