Note:

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Tassonomia:

Domain: Eukaryota - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
Kingdom: Animalia - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Subkingdom: Radiata - (Linnaeus, 1758) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
Infrakingdom: Coelenterata - Leuckart, 1847
Phylum: Cnidaria - Hatschek, 1888 - Cnidarians
Subphylum: Anthozoa - (Ehrenberg, 1831) Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Corals, Flower Animals
Class: Anthozoa - Ehrenberg, 1831 - Corals, Flower Animals
Subclass: Alcyonaria
Order: Alcyonacea
Family: Alcyoniidae
Genus: Alcyonium - Linnaeus, 1758
Specific name: coralloides - Pallas 1766
Scientific name: - Alcyonium coralloides Pallas 1766