| Full name: |
World list of Octocorallia UPDATED!
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| Short name: |
WoRMS Octocorallia |
| Version: |
2016-03-01 |
| Release date: |
2016-03-01 |
| Authors/editors: |
Hoeksema B. |
| Taxonomic coverage: |
Animalia - Cnidaria - Anthozoa - (subclass Octocorallia) - Alcyonacea, Helioporacea, Pennatulacea |
| English name of the group: |
Soft corals, blue coral, sea pens and gorgonians |
|
Number of living species |
3,582 |
|
Number of living infraspecific taxa |
16 |
| Number of extinct species: |
3 |
| Number of extinct infraspecific taxa: |
0 |
| Number of synonyms: |
657 |
| Number of common names: |
142 |
| Total number of names: |
4,400 |
| Abstract: |
This global marine species list is part of the World Register of Marine Species database, which aims to provide the most authoritative list of names of all marine species globally. Data have been contributed to the Catalogue of Life via the WoRMS, hosted by the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ). |
| Organization: |
Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis, Leiden, Netherlands |
| Website: |
http://www.marinespecies.org
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| Bibliographic citation: |
Hoeksema B. (2025). WoRMS Octocorallia: World list of Octocorallia (version 2016-03-01). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2016 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2016. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X. |
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