Alcyoniidae

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:family
gptkbp:class gptkb:Anthozoa
gptkbp:color varied (often brightly colored)
gptkbp:commonName soft corals
gptkbp:containsGenus gptkb:Xenia
Rhytisma
Cladiella
Sarcophyton
Sinularia
Alcyonium
Aldersladum
Bellonella
Cavernularia
Cespitularia
Dimorphophyton
Eleutherobia
Eunephthya
Heteroxenia
Klyxum
Lithophyton
Lobophytum
Nephthyigorgia
Paralemnalia
Parerythropodium
Scleronephthya
Stereonephthya
Studeriotes
Thrombophyton
gptkbp:describedBy gptkb:Lamouroux
gptkbp:describedYear 1812
gptkbp:distribution worldwide
gptkbp:ecologicalRole reef building
habitat for marine life
gptkbp:habitat gptkb:marine
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Alcyoniidae
gptkbp:kingdom gptkb:Animalia
gptkbp:notableFor lack of stony skeleton
soft, fleshy colonies
gptkbp:order gptkb:Alcyonacea
gptkbp:phylum gptkb:Cnidaria
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Nephtheidae
gptkb:Xeniidae
gptkbp:reproduction asexual
sexual
gptkbp:subclassOf gptkb:Octocorallia
gptkbp:symbiosisWith zooxanthellae (in some species)
gptkbp:taxonRank gptkb:family
gptkbp:typeSpecies Alcyonium digitatum
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Alcyonacea
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6