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Octocorallia

Octocorallia, along with Hexacorallia, is one of the two extant classes of Anthozoa. It comprises over 3,000 species of marine and brackish animals consisting of colonial polyps with eight-fold symmetry, commonly referred to informally as "soft corals". It was previously known by the now-unaccepted scientific names Alcyonacea and Gorgonacea, both…

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Octocorallia

Nodes86
Edges85
Triples16
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.023256
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Octocorallia

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related to Phylogeny · 7
Octocorallia → Alcyonacea, Gorgonacea, Helioporacea, Pennatulacea, Stolonifera, Telestacea, The
related to Unplaced taxa · 5
Octocorallia → April, Families, Marine Species, The, World Register
related to External links · 1
Octocorallia → Integrated Taxonomic Information System

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polyps corals species octocorals marine tentacles malacalcyonacea scleralcyonacea numerous one colonial soft skeleton eight two animals names deprecated origin orders

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those under the common names of blue coralsinstance ofwhich include corals0.80text
sea pensinstance ofwhich include corals0.80text
and gorgoniansinstance ofwhich include corals0.80text
Octocoralliarelated to External linksIntegrated Taxonomic Information System0.60section
Octocoralliarelated to PhylogenyThe0.60section
Octocoralliarelated to PhylogenyPennatulacea0.60section
Octocoralliarelated to PhylogenyHelioporacea0.60section
Octocoralliarelated to PhylogenyAlcyonacea0.60section
Octocoralliarelated to PhylogenyGorgonacea0.60section
Octocoralliarelated to PhylogenyStolonifera0.60section
Octocoralliarelated to PhylogenyTelestacea0.60section
Octocoralliarelated to Unplaced taxaThe0.60section

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