WEBOctocorallia are sessile polyp-bearing animals with eight tentacles and eight gastrovascular cavities. They are a major component of coral reefs and include sea pens, soft corals, …
Octocorallia - Animalia
WEBOctocorallia (also known as Alcyonaria) is a class of Anthozoa comprising over 3,000 species of marine organisms formed of colonial polyps with 8-fold symmetry.
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Octocorallia - Wikipedia
Octocorallia vormen een onderklasse van de klasse bloemdieren. Onder andere de zachte koralen en gorgonen vallen hieronder. Een andere, verouderde naam voor deze onderklasse is Alcyonaria.
Wikipedia · Tekst onder CC-BY-SA-licentieWEB29 jul. 2011 · The thin tissue of sea pens is called the coenenchyme, and as in all octocorals, is composed of three layers: the outer epidermis and an inner gastrodermis, with a mesogleal layer in the middle. The mesoglea …
Deep-sea octocorals: An ecosystem of their own
WEBLearn how octocorals, a type of deep-sea coral, create habitats for diverse animals and face various predators and threats. See stunning images of octocoral forests and their …
Frontiers | Species Delimitation of Hexacorallia and …
WEBA study on the diversity and distribution of cold-water corals in the Northeast Atlantic using molecular and proteomic methods. The article compares the performance of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA and …
WEB22 mei 2010 · The anthozoan sub-class Octocorallia, comprising approximately 3000 species of soft corals, gorgonians, and sea pens, remains one of the most poorly …
Diversity and Distribution of Octocorallia | SpringerLink
WEB8 sep. 2016 · Learn about the diversity, distribution and taxonomy of octocorals, a group of cnidarians with over 3400 valid species. Explore the challenges and advances in …
WEBAlthough commonly called "soft corals," the Octocorallia are not close relatives of the Scleractinia , or "true corals" living today. Unlike true corals, which have hexaradial symmetry, octocorals have eightfold radial …
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