Alcyonacea


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Noun1.Alcyonacea - comprising the soft coralsAlcyonacea - comprising the soft corals    
suborder Alcyonacea
animal order - the order of animals
Alcyonaria, order Alcyonaria - corals and sea anemones having eight branches
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Soft corals (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) comprise multiple types of secondary metabolites.
Heteroxenia ghardaqensis Extract Protects against DNA Damage in Streptozotocin-Induced Experimental Diabetes
Coll, "Preliminary evidence for directional allelopathic effects of the soft coral Sinularia flexibilis (Alcyonacea: Octocorallia) on scleractinian coral recruitment," Bulletin of Marine Science, vol.
Influence of the Blue Coral Heliopora coerulea on Scleractinian Coral Larval Recruitment
Soft corals of the reef-dwelling genus Sarcophyton (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) are widespread, occurring from the eastern coast of Africa and the Red Sea in the west to Polynesia in the east (Fabricius and Alderslade, 2001).
Octocoral Sarcophyton auritum Verseveldt & Benayahu, 1978: Microanatomy and presence of collagen fibers
For this study, the composite corals factor was composed of members of the orders Alcyonacea, Anthoathecata, Antipatharia, and Scleractinia.
Correlating environmental and biogenic factors with abundance and distribution of Pacific ocean perch (Sebastes alutus) in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska
Chemically mediated interactions between the red alga Plocamium hamatum (Rhodophyta) and the octocoral Sinularia cruciata (Alcyonacea).
Chemical defense in the red seaweed plocamium brasiliense: spatial variability and differential action on herbivores/Defesa quimica na macroalga marinha vermelha Plocamium brasiliense: variabilidade espacial e diferentes acoes sobre herbivoros
curvata (Nephtheidae - Alcyonacea) na Reserva Extrativista Marinha de Arraial do Cabo (RJ).
Testing for camouflage of the Brazilian seahorse Hippocampus reidi (Syngnathidae) using the territorial damselfish Stegastes fuscus (Cuvier) (Pomacentridae)
and an unidentified species of Paramuriceidae) and the Alcyonacea, Anthomastus sp.
Colonial life under the Humboldt current system: deep-sea corals from O'Higgins I seamount/La vida colonial bajo el sistema de la corriente de Humboldt: corales de aguas profundas en el monte submarino O'Higgins I

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