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World List of Octocorallia
Citation
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Accessed at https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1341 on yyyy-mm-dd. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/7825
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Description
A world checklist of Octocorallia, compiled by taxonomic experts and based on peer-reviewed literature.

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Ecology - biodiversity, Biology > Invertebrates
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Classification, Marine invertebrates, Species, Taxonomy, World Waters, Octocorallia

Geographical coverage
World Waters [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
From 1758 on [In Progress]

Taxonomic coverage
Octocorallia [WoRMS]

Parameters
Taxonomy

Contributors
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), moredatabase developer
McFadden, Catherinedata managerdata creatortaxonomic editor
Cordeiro, Ralfdata creatortaxonomic editor
Samimi-Namin, Kavehdata creatortaxonomic editor
Williams, Garydata creator
van Ofwegen, Leendata creator

Related datasets
Published in:
WoRMS: World Register of Marine Species, more

Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Literature research
Metadatarecord created: 2021-07-19
Information last updated: 2025-01-08
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