Gorgoniacea

Examples

• All

• The Gorgoniacea were once distinguished by their fan-like colonial forms.

• Specimens from the Gorgoniacea are often found in tropical oceans.

• The Gorgoniacea order includes fascinating colonial corals.

• Many marine biologists study Gorgoniacea for their unique structures.

• Many marine species rely on the habitat provided by Gorgoniacea in coral reefs.

• Researchers discovered that Gorgoniacea corals can thrive in various oceanic conditions.

• The biologist explained how Gorgoniacea contribute to the biodiversity of marine ecosystems.

Synonyms

G

gorgonian

vsGorgoniacea

• Specialized

1 9.9

A coral with a branching hard skeleton that lives in warm seas

refers to a taxonomic order not to individual coral types

G

gorgonian coral

vsGorgoniacea

• Specialized

1 9.8

A sea animal with hard tree-like branches that lives in warm water

is an obsolete classification rank covering groups not a single coral kind

G

Gorgonacea

vsGorgoniacea

• Specialized

9.9

A group of soft corals like sea fans and red corals that live in warm oceans

is now an obsolete classification formerly used for that same group

A

Alcyonaria

vsGorgoniacea

• Archaic

9.9

A group of soft sea animals like corals that have tentacles with eight branches

focuses only on colonial marine corals such as sea fans and red corals

A

Alcyonacea

vsGorgoniacea

• Specialized

9.9

A group of soft corals with flexible, fleshy bodies that do not build hard skeletons and live in warm seas

is an obsolete order term formerly used for those same corals

O

order Alcyonaria

vsGorgoniacea

• Specialized

9.9

A group of soft corals and sea anemones with tentacles that branch into eight parts and eight internal walls

is limited to colonial marine corals rather than including anemones

Compounds

S

suborder Gorgoniacea

• Archaic

9.9

A group of soft corals like red coral and sea fans

Surface Forms

Etymology