Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Cnidaria - (Class) Anthozoa - (Order) Alcyonacea - (Family) Alcyoniidae

Original position

Zoophyta (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Original entries

Alcyonium arboreú Linnaeus, 1758
Alcyonium bursa Linnaeus, 1758
Alcyonium digitatú Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Alcyoniidae (Family)

Ref: J. van der Land et al., 2001: 104.

Alternative positions

Zoophyta (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1767: 1293.

Historical positions

Alcyoniidae (Family)	Ref: D.G. Fautin, 2005: 26 Jan 2006.
Alcyoniidae (Family)	Ref: J. van der Land et al., 2001: 104.
Alcyonacea (Order) Lamouroux, 1816	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Alcyonacea (Order) Lamouroux, 1816	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Alcyoniidae (Family)	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1975 (1971): 595. [inferred name]
Octactiniæ (Order)	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 443. [rough position]
Zoophyta (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1767: 1074, 1293.
Zoophyta (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 646, 803.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	4s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[3s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[3s]