Biology:Alcyoniina
The suborder Alcyoniina (in some systems classified as the order Alcyonacea in the narrowest sense) is a former octocoralian taxon belonging to the broadly conceived order Alcyonacea.[1][2][3][4]
Since a 2022 revision, almost all the families of former Alcyoniina belong to the order Malacalcyonacea, within which, however, they do not form a monophyletic taxon. Only the problematic (see below) Alcyoniinan family Parasphaerascleridae now belongs to the order Scleralcyonacea.[4]
Families
The World Register of Marine Species listed the following families in the suborder Alcyoniina in October 2022:[5]
- family Acrophytidae McFadden & van Ofwegen, 2017
- family Alcyoniidae Lamouroux, 1812
- family Aquaumbridae Breedy, van Ofwegen & Vargas, 2012
- family Corymbophytidae McFadden & van Ofwegen, 2017
- family Leptophytidae McFadden & van Ofwegen, 2017
- family Nephtheidae Gray, 1862
- family Nidaliidae Gray, 1869
- family Paralcyoniidae Gray, 1869
- family Xeniidae Ehrenberg, 1828
The family Parasphaerascleridae was sometimes also included in the suborder.[4][1] Alternatively, it was classified as incertae sedis within Alcyonacea.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Australia, Atlas of Living. "Suborder: ALCYONIINA". https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/5d61e03c-64a0-4f8c-a826-380b018be9f3#classification.
- ↑ McFadden, Catherine S.; Ofwegen, Leen P. VAN (2017-12-12). "Revisionary systematics of the endemic soft coral fauna (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Alcyoniina) of the Agulhas Bioregion, South Africa". Zootaxa 4363 (4): 451–488–451–488. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4363.4.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 29245386. http://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4363.4.1. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
- ↑ "Subclass Alcyonaria". https://inverts.wallawalla.edu/Cnidaria/Class-Anthozoa/Subclass_Alcyonaria/Subclass_Alcyonaria_Key.html.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 McFadden, C.S.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Quattrini, A.M. (2022). Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics. Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists. 1(3), 8735, pp. 1-79
- ↑ "Alcyoniina". 2025-08-06. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411555.
- ↑ "Parasphaerascleridae McFadden & van Ofwegen, 2013". 2025-08-06. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=743776.
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