Alcyonacea
Translingual
Etymology
Alcyonium + -acea
Proper noun
Alcyonacea
- A taxonomic order within the subclass Alcyonaria – the soft corals.
Hypernyms
- (order): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Cnidaria - phylum; Anthozoa - class; Alcyonaria - subclass
Hyponyms
- (order): Alcyoniina, Calcaxonia, Holaxonia, Protoalcyonaria, Scleraxonia, Stolonifera - suborders
- Alcyoniidae, Acanthoaxiidae, Acanthogorgiidae, Acrossotidae, Anthothelidae, Briareidae, Chrysogorgiidae, Clavulariidae, Coelogorgiidae, Coralliidae, Cornulariidae, Dendrobrachiidae, Ellisellidae, Gorgoniidae, Haimeidae, Ifalukellidae, Isididae, Keroeididae, Melithaeidae, Nephtheidae, Nidaliidae, Paragorgiidae, Paralcyoniidae, Parisididae, Plexauridae, Primnoidae, Pseudogorgiidae, Subergorgiidae, Taiaroidae, Tubiporidae, Xeniidae - families
References
Alcyonacea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Alcyonacea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Alcyonacea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Alcyonacea at the Tree of Life Web Project
- Alcyonacea at World Register of Marine Species
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521