> [!summary]- Classification **Kingdom**:: [Animalia](Animalia.md) **Phylum**:: [Cnidaria](Cnidaria.md) **Subphylum**:: [Anthozoa](Anthozoa.md) **Class**:: [Octocorallia](Octocorallia.md) **Subclass**:: **Order**:: [Alcyonacea](Alcyonacea.md) **Suborder**:: **Superfamily**:: **Family**:: Alcyoniidae **Subfamily**:: **Genus**:: **Species**:: ## Photos  *[96 - 2022-11-27 - Middle Garden - Sharm Al Sheikh - Egypt](96%20-%202022-11-27%20-%20Middle%20Garden%20-%20Sharm%20Al%20Sheikh%20-%20Egypt.md) - thinking of a mushroom alcyoniidae, with retracted polyps*  *[99 - 2022-11-28 - Middle Garden - Sharm Al Sheikh - Egypt](99%20-%202022-11-28%20-%20Middle%20Garden%20-%20Sharm%20Al%20Sheikh%20-%20Egypt.md) - Not sure on this one at all. Difficult to identify as other than an alcyoniidae*  *[98 - 2022-11-28 - Thomas Reef - Sharm Al Sheikh - Egypt](98%20-%202022-11-28%20-%20Thomas%20Reef%20-%20Sharm%20Al%20Sheikh%20-%20Egypt.md) - My teacher told me it's Leather coral. It seems that thoses corals have radically different shapes with or without their polyps.* ## Notes ## References - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcyoniidae