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Class: Octocorallia
Order: Malacalcyonacea
Family: Alcyoniidae true soft corals

Genus: Alcyonium

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19 species (see list below)
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Alcyonium acaule
[Broccoli coral]
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Alcyonium antarcticum
[]
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Alcyonium aurantiacum
[]
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Alcyonium coralloides
[]

Harvey-Clark, Chris

Atlantic Ocean

Alcyonium digitatumLinnaeus, 1758

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Alcyonium digitatum
[Dead mans fingers]
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Alcyonium dolium
[]
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Alcyonium glaciophilum
[Glaciar-loving soft coral]

Wirtz, Peter

Northeast Atlantic

Alcyonium glomeratum(Hassell, 1843)

Photo by Wirtz, Peter
 
Alcyonium glomeratum
[]
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Alcyonium grandis
[]
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Alcyonium haddoni
[Common soft coral]
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Alcyonium jorgei
[Jorge's soft coral]

Coudre, Christian

Atlantic and the Mediterr

Alcyonium palmatumPallas, 1766

Photo by Coudre, Christian
 
Alcyonium palmatum
[]
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Alcyonium paucilobulatum
[]
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Alcyonium roseum
[Pink soft coral]
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Alcyonium sidereum
[]
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Alcyonium sollasi
[]
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Alcyonium southgeorgiensis
[]
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Alcyonium spitzbergense
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Alcyonium yepayek
[Yepayek soft coral]


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