Alcyoniids [Alcyoniidae]
Description
Alcyoniids are soft corals that can look like colorful, velvety fans, mounds, or branching clumps. Underwater, they sway gently with the current, and their fleshy polyps help create a lush, living “garden” feel on reefs and rocky walls.
Species
Alcyonium antarcticum
Alcyonium antarcticum
Alcyonium aspiculatum
Alcyonium aspiculatum
Alcyonium bocagei
Alcyonium bocagei
Alcyonium bosphorense
Alcyonium bosphorense
Alcyonium burmedju
Alcyonium burmedju
Alcyonium catalai
Alcyonium catalai
Alcyonium ceylonense
Alcyonium ceylonense
Alcyonium clavatum
Alcyonium clavatum
Alcyonium compactofestucum
Alcyonium compactofestucum
Alcyonium compressum
Alcyonium compressum
Alcyonium coralloides
Alcyonium coralloides
Alcyonium cydonium
Alcyonium cydonium
Alcyonium dendroides
Alcyonium dendroides
Alcyonium dolium
Alcyonium dolium
Alcyonium elegans
Alcyonium elegans
Alcyonium etheridgei
Alcyonium etheridgei
Alcyonium fauri
Alcyonium fauri
Alcyonium foliatum
Alcyonium foliatum
Alcyonium glaciophilum
Alcyonium glaciophilum
Alcyonium grandis
Alcyonium grandis
Alcyonium graniferum
Alcyonium graniferum
Alcyonium haddoni
Alcyonium haddoni
Alcyonium jorgei
Alcyonium jorgei
Alcyonium maristenebrosi
Alcyonium maristenebrosi
Alcyonium megasclerum
Alcyonium megasclerum
Alcyonium membranaceum
Alcyonium membranaceum
Alcyonium muricatum
Alcyonium muricatum
Alcyonium norvegicum
Alcyonium norvegicum
Alcyonium novarae
Alcyonium novarae
Alcyonium pacificum
Alcyonium pacificum
Alcyonium papillosum
Alcyonium papillosum
Alcyonium pasternaki
Alcyonium pasternaki
Alcyonium patagonicum
Alcyonium patagonicum
Alcyonium paucilobulatum
Alcyonium paucilobulatum
Alcyonium profundum
Alcyonium profundum
Alcyonium reptans
Alcyonium reptans
Alcyonium robustum
Alcyonium robustum
Alcyonium roseum
Alcyonium roseum
Alcyonium senegalense
Alcyonium senegalense
Alcyonium siderium
Alcyonium siderium
Alcyonium sollasi
Alcyonium sollasi
Alcyonium southgeorgiensis
Alcyonium southgeorgiensis
Alcyonium spitzbergense
Alcyonium spitzbergense
Alcyonium spongiosum
Alcyonium spongiosum
Alcyonium studeri
Alcyonium studeri
Taxonomy
| Phylum |
Cnidarians
Cnidaria
|
|---|---|
| Class |
Anthozoans
Anthozoa
|
| Order |
Octocorallians
Octocorallia
|
| Family |
Soft corals (Malacaclyonacea group)
Malacalcyonacea
|
Statistics
- Species 45