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Hexacorallia 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 52430

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subclass  
  Synonym(s): Ceriantipatharia Van Beneden, 1898
  
    Zoantharia de Blainville, 1830
  
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2015   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    PhylumCnidaria Hatschek, 1888 – cnidarians, coelenterates, cnidaires, coelentérés, água viva, anêmona, caravela, cnidario, coral, hidra  
       SubphylumAnthozoa   
          ClassAnthozoa Ehrenberg, 1834 – corals, flower animals, sea anemones, anémones de mer, coraux, água viva, anêmona, antozoário, caravela, corais, gorgônia  
             SubclassHexacorallia   
    Direct Children:  
                Order Actiniaria  – anemones, sea anemones, actinies, anémones 
                Order Antipatharia Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1857 – thorny corals, black corals 
                Order Ceriantharia Perrier, 1893 – tube-dwelling anemones 
                Order Corallimorpharia Stephenson, 1937  
                Order Rugosa Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1850  
                Order Scleractinia Bourne, 1900 – stony corals, madrépores 
                Order Zoantharia  – zoanthids, zoanthids 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Daphne G. Fautin  
  Notes: Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Curator, Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, Haworth Hall, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045-7534, USA   
  Reference for: Hexacorallia    
       
  Expert: Stephen D. Cairns  
  Notes: Research Scientist/Curator, Department of Systematic Biology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560-0163, USA   
  Reference for: Hexacorallia    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Hexacorallians of the World, website (version 1)  
  Acquired: 2001   
  Notes: http://www.kgs.ukans.edu/Hexacoral/Biodata/index.html   
  Reference for: Hexacorallia   
       
  Source: Hexacorallians of the World, 05-May-2002, website (version 05-May-02)  
  Acquired: 2002   
  Notes: http://hercules.kgs.ku.edu/hexacoral/anemone2/index.cfm   
  Reference for: Hexacorallia   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Hexacorallia   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Cairns, Stephen D.  
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title: Species richness of recent Scleractinia   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Atoll Research Bulletin, no. 59   
  Page(s): 1-46   
  Publisher: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Hexacorallia   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Cairns, Stephen D., Dale R. Calder, Anita Brinckmann-Voss, Clovis B. Castro, Daphne G. Fautin,...  
  Publication Date: 2002   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Cnidaria and Ctenophora, Second Edition, 2002   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 28   
  Page(s): xi + 115   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-39-5, 0097-0638  
  Notes: Full author list: Cairns, Stephen D., Dale R. Calder, Anita Brinckmann-Voss, Clovis B. Castro, Daphne G. Fautin, Philip R. Pugh, Claudia E. Mills, Walter C. Jaap, Mary N. Arai, Stephen H. D. Haddock, and Dennis M. Opresko   
  Reference for: Hexacorallia   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Ruggiero, M. A., D. P. Gordon, T. M. Orrell, N. Bailly, T. Bourgoin, R. C. Brusca, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2015   
  Article/Chapter Title: Correction: A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: PLoS ONE vol. 10, no. 6, e0130114   
  Page(s):    
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1932-6203   
  Notes: Available online at http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0130114#sec001 ; Full authorship: Ruggiero, M. A., D. P. Gordon, T. M. Orrell, N. Bailly, T. Bourgoin, R. C. Brusca, T. Cavalier-Smith, M. D. Guiry, and P. M. Kirk   
  Reference for: Hexacorallia   
       

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