| Taxonomic Hierarchy 
        
          |  |  |  |  |  |  | Kingdom | Animalia 
 – Animal, animaux, animals |  |  |  | Phylum | Cnidaria Hatschek, 1888
 – cnidarians, coelenterates, cnidaires, coelentérés, água viva, anêmona, caravela, cnidario, coral, hidra |  |  |  | Subphylum | Anthozoa |  |  |  | Class | Anthozoa Ehrenberg, 1834
 – corals, flower animals, sea anemones, anémones de mer, coraux, água viva, anêmona, antozoário, caravela, corais, gorgônia |  |  |  | Subclass | Hexacorallia |  |  |  | Order | Actiniaria 
 – anemones, sea anemones, actinies, anémones |  |  |  | Suborder | Nyantheae Carlgren, 1899 |  |  |  | Infraorder | Thenaria Carlgren, 1899 |  |  |  | Family | Actiniidae Rafinesque, 1815 |  |  |  | Genus | Macrodactyla Haddon, 1898 |  |  
          |  |  | Direct Children: |  |  |  | Species | Macrodactyla aspera (Haddon and Shackleton, 1893) |  |  |  | Species | Macrodactyla doreensis (Quoy and Gaimard, 1833) |  |  
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