The PEDIGREE of
Subclass Octocorallia (Soft Corals, Sea Pens, etc.)

 "Child(ren)":       Order Alcyonacea (Soft Corals, Sea Whips, etc.)   ;   Pennatulacea (sea pens: sea pansies :: 16 families)   ;   Helioporacea (blue coral)
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/-- prob.  Kingdom Crenarchaeota   +====> [ 44]
/   / or: T.A.C.K. Subdomain
/-- (NN), a very special Archaeote
/-- pre-Eukaryote
/  \-- Pre-Mitochondrion Bacterium   +====> [ 51]
/-- proto-Eukaryote
/  \-- (NN), a thermophilic Bacterium   +====> [ 49]
/-- The First Eukaryote
/ OR: First Eukaryote [Lopez-Garcia - Moreira M.   +====> [ 51]
/  \-- (NN), a (thermophilic?) Bacterium   +====> [ 47]
/-- Domain of Eukaryotes  (2100 M BC)
/-- Superempire Unikonta
/   / OR: Kingdom Opisthokonta (Seven-Kingdom Model)   +====> [ 56]
/-- Empire of Opisthokonts (Fungi & Animals)
/   / OR: Opisthokonts (Fungi & Animals) [Cavalier-Smith model]   +====> [ 67]
/-- Superkingdom Holozoa
/-- Kingdom of Apoikozoa (Animals)  (950 M BC)
/-- Subkingdom of Metazoa (Multicellular Animals)
/-- Superbranch Eumetazoa
/-- Superphylum Planulozoa
/   / or: prob. not Branch Radiata, q.v.
/-- Phylum Cnidaria (Coelenterates)
/-- Class Anthozoa (Corals & Sea Anemones)
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- Subclass Octocorallia (Soft Corals, Sea Pens, etc.)
 

 
  ``3-Great Grandchild:''       Knotted Fan Coral
 

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