Scleralcyonacea Explained

Scleralcyonacea, previously referred to as Calcaxonia, is an order of soft corals in the class Octocorallia.^[1]

Families

Families belonging to the order include:

• Aulopsammiidae (Reuss, 1854)
• Briareidae (Gray, 1859)
• Chelidonisididae (Heestand Saucier, France & Watling, 2021)
• Chrysogorgiidae (Verrill, 1883)
• Coralliidae (Lamouroux, 1812)
• Cornulariidae (Dana, 1846)
• Dendrobrachiidae (Brook, 1889)
• Ellisellidae (Gray, 1859)
• Erythropodiidae (Kükenthal, 1916)
• Helioporidae (Moseley, 1876)
• Ideogorgiidae (McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024)
• Ifalukellidae (Bayer, 1955)
• Isidoidae (Heestand Saucier, France & Watling, 2021)
• Keratoisididae (Gray, 1870)
• Mopseidae (Gray, 1870)
• Parasphaerascleridae (McFadden & van Ofwegen, 2013)
• Parisididae (Aurivillius, 1931)

Bibliography

• Taxonomic Study of Suborder Calcaxonia (Alcyonacea: Octocorallia: Anthozoa) from King Sejong Station, Antarctic. Song Jun-Im, Hwang Sung-Jin, Moon Haewon and An In-Young, Animal Systematics, 30 Apr 2012, Evolution and Diversity Volume 28, Issue2, pages 84~96,

Notes and References

1. Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Scleralcyonacea . 2024-07-14 . marinespecies.org.