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Alcyonaria (subclass)


Identification code: 300417362



Alternative term/s

  • Octocorallia
  • octocorals

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Subclass comprising three orders, Alcyonacea, Helioporacea, and Pennatulacea, of water-based organisims with around 3,000 species. Polyps have 8 pinnately branched tentacles, 8 mesenteries, and a single siphonoglyph. Nearly all colonial with internal skeletons.

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