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Subclass Octocorallia (or Alcyonaria)
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Order Stolonifera (organ-pipe coral and tree fern coral) |
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Order Telestacea (Telesto) |
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Order Alcyonacea (soft corals such as leather corals and tree corals) |
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Order Coenothecalia (Indo-Pacific blue coral) |
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Order Gorgonacea (gorgonian corals including sea fans, red coral, sea whips, and sea feathers) |
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Order Pennatulacea (sea pens and sea pansies) |
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Order Zoanthidea (anemonelike anthozoans)
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Order Actiniaria (sea anemones) |
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Order Scleractinia or Madreporaria (reef-building corals such as star corals, brain corals, staghorn corals, mushroom corals, and bubble corals) |
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Order Rugosa or Tetracoralla (extinct solitary corals) |
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Order Corallimorpharia (resemble true corals but lack skeletons) |
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Order Ceriantharia (anemonelike anthozoans) |
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Order Antipatharia (black corals) |
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| 3. |
Subclass Tabulata (extinct colonial anthozoans) |
