Scleraxonia

Scleraxonia
Scleraxonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Subclass: Octocorallia
Order: Alcyonacea
Suborder: Scleraxonia
Studer, 1887
Families

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Scleraxonia is a suborder of corals, a member of the phylum Cnidaria[1]

Families and genera

Families and genera in this suborder include:

  • Anthothelidae Broch, 1916[2]
    • Alertigorgia Kükenthal, 1908
    • Anthothela Verrill, 1879
    • Briareopsis Bayer, 1993
    • Callipodium Verrill, 1876
    • Diodogorgia Kuekenthal, 1919
    • Erythropodium
    • Homophyton Gray, 1866
    • Iciligorgia Duchassaing, 1870
    • Solenocaulon Gray, 1862
    • Titanideum Verrill, 1864
    • Tripalea Bayer, 1955
    • Tubigorgia Pasternak, 1985
    • Victorgorgia Lopez Gonzalez & Briand, 2002
  • Briareidae Gray, 1859[3]
    • Briareum Blainville, 1834
    • Lignopsis Perez & Zamponi, 2000
    • Pseudosuberia Kükenthal, 1919
  • Coralliidae Lamouroux, 1812[4]
    • Corallium Cuvier, 1798
    • Paracorallium Bayer & Cairns, 2003
  • Melithaeidae Gray, 1870[5]
    • Acabaria Gray, 1859
    • Asperaxis Alderslade, 2007
    • Clathraria Gray, 1859
    • Melithaea Milne-Edwards, 1857
    • Mopsella Gray, 1857
    • Pleurocoralloides Moroff, 1902
    • Wrightella Gray, 1870
  • Paragorgiidae Kukenthal, 1916[6]
    • Paragorgia Milne-Edwards, 1857
    • Sibogagorgia Stiasny, 1937
  • Parisididae Aurivillius, 1931[7]
    • Parisis Verrill, 1864
  • Subergorgiidae Gray, 1859[8]
    • Annella Gray, 1858
    • Rosgorgia Lopez Gonzalez & Gili, 2001
    • Subergorgia Gray, 1857

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