"Alcyonacea" is a word in ENGLISH

A large division of Anthozoa, including those which have simple tentacles and do not form stony corals. Sometimes, in a …

One of the orders of Anthozoa. It includes the Alcyonacea, Pennatulacea, and Gorgonacea.

Of or pertaining to the Alcyonaria.

A genus of fleshy Alcyonaria, its polyps somewhat resembling flowers with eight fringed rays. The term was also formerly used …

Like or pertaining to the Alcyonaria.

A zoophyte of the order Alcyonaria.

One of the principal divisions of Alcyonaria, including those forms which have a firm and usually branched axis, covered with …

An East Indian stony coral now known to belong to the Alcyonaria; -- called also blue coral.

Any one of numerous species of Pennatula, Pteroides, and allied genera of Alcyonaria, having a featherlike form; a sea-pen. The …

A division of alcyonoid corals, including the seapens and related kinds. They are able to move about by means of …

A hard chitinous or calcareous process or corpuscle, especially a spicule of the Alcyonaria.

Any small calcareous or siliceous body found in the tissues of various invertebrate animals, especially in sponges and in most …

A genus of deep-sea alcyonaria consisting of a cluster of large flowerlike polyps situated at the summit of a long, …

Any one of numerous species of club-shaped, compound Alcyonaria belonging to Veretillum and allied genera, of the tribe Pennatulacea. The …

Any one of numerous species of long, slender Alcyonaria belonging to Virgularia and allied genera of the family Virgularidae. These …