ALCYONACEA Lamouroux, 1812
(sea fingers)

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ALCYONIINA
a suborder of coelenterates
Suborder 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
ALCYONIIDAE
sea fingers
Family 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Alcyonium
a genus of coelenterates
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
HOLAXONIA
a suborder of coelenterates
Suborder 1 subtaxa 17 images
GORGONIIDAE
a family of coelenterates
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 		Family 1 subtaxa 17 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
OrderALCYONACEA (sea fingers)
SubclassOCTOCORALLIA (soft corals)
ClassANTHOZOA (sea anemones and corals)
PhylumCNIDARIA (hydroids, jelly fish, sea anemones, jellyfish)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

ALCYONACEA (sea fingers) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ALCYONACEA (sea fingers)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for ALCYONACEA (sea fingers)
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