Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Classis: Anthozoa
Subclassis: Alcyonaria
Ordines: Alcyonacea - Helioporacea - Pennatulacea

References

• Alderslade, P. et al. 2014: Australia’s deep-water octocoral fauna: historical account and checklist, distributions and regional affinities of recent collections. Zootaxa 3796(3): 435–452. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3796.3.2 Reference page. 
• Devictor, S.T.; Morton, S.L. 2010: Identification guide to the shallow water (0–200 m) octocorals of the South Atlantic Bight. Zootaxa, 2599: 1–62. Preview PDF
• Morín, J., Venera-Pontón, D., Driskell, A., Sánchez, J., Lasker, H. & Collin, R. 2019. Reference DNA barcodes and other mitochondrial markers for identifying Caribbean Octocorals. Biodiversity Data Journal, 7: e30970. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.7.e30970 Reference page. 
• Ofwegen, van L.P. & C.S. McFadden 2010: A new family of octocorals (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) from Cameroon waters. Journal of natural history, 44: 23–29. DOI: 10.1080/00222930903359669
• Sampaio, I., Freiwald, A., Mora, P.F., Menezes, G. & Carreiro-Silva, M. 2019. Census of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of the Azores (NE Atlantic) with a nomenclature update. Zootaxa 4550(4): 451–498. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4550.4.1 pdf Reference page. 
• Williams, G.C. & S.D. Cairns 2006 (rev.) Systematic List of valid Octocoral Genera.

Vernacular names

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