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Anthozoa (sea fans, anemones and corals)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Cnidaria

Classification

Octocorallia (sea fans and soft corals)

 
 

Order: Gorgonacea (sea fans)

 

 

Order: Stolonifera (e.g. Organ-pipe Coral Tubipora)

 

 
 

Order: Alcyonacea (soft corals)

 

Zoantharia (anemones and corals)

 
 

Order: Actiniaria (sea anemones)

 

 

Order: Coralliomorpha (e.g. Corynactis annulata)

 

 

Order: Zoanthidea

 

 

Order: Madreporaria (hard corals)