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  2. Animals
  3. Cnidarians
  4. Sea Anemones and Corals
  5. Octocorals
  6. Malacalcyonacea

order

Malacalcyonacea

Malacalcyonacea

Includes
27 native 1 introduced 10 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Children

  • Gorgoniidae 11 native
  • Plexaurid Sea Fans 6 native
  • Acanthogorgiidae 2 native
  • True Soft Corals 2 native
  • Pterogorgiidae 2 native
  • Carijoidae 2 native
  • Discophytidae 1 native
  • Melithaeidae 1 native
  • Cladiellidae
  • Siphonogorgiidae
  • Nephtheidae
  • Eunicellidae
  • Xeniidae
  • Sinulariidae
  • Tubiporidae
  • Sarcophytidae
  • Lemnaliadae
  • Subergorgiidae
  • Bamboo Corals
  • Clavulariidae
  • Plexaurellidae
  • Capnellidae
  • Calcigorgia
  • Anthogorgiidae

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native Malacalcyonacea All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Colorful Sea Whip Leptogorgia virgulata 1,121 observations

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