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Scleraxonia
Giant sea fan, Annella mollis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Octocorallia
Order:	Alcyonacea
Suborder:	Scleraxonia Studer, 1887
Families
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Scleraxonia is a suborder of corals, a member of the phylum Cnidaria.

Characteristics

Members of Scleraxonia have a skeletal axis made of calcified spicules, organic fibres or both, which may be separate, linked or fused together.

Families and genera

There are nine recognised families in this suborder and over thirty genera, with four families (Anthothelidae, Briareidae, Coralliidae and Subergorgiidae) containing some deep-water species and two families (Paragorgiidae and Parisididae) being exclusively deep water.

Families and genera in this suborder include:

• Anthothelidae Broch, 1916
  • Alertigorgia Kükenthal, 1908
  • Anthothela Verrill, 1879
  • Briareopsis Bayer, 1993
  • Erythropodium Kölliker, 1865
  • Iciligorgia Duchassaing, 1870
  • Lateothela Moore, Alderslade & Miller, 2017
  • Solenocaulon Gray, 1862
  • Stereogorgia
  • Tubigorgia Pasternak, 1985
  • Williamsium Moore, Alderslade & Miller, 2017
• Briareidae Gray, 1859
  • Briareum Blainville, 1834
  • Lignopsis Perez & Zamponi, 2000
  • Pseudosuberia Kükenthal, 1919
• Coralliidae Lamouroux, 1812
  • Corallium Cuvier, 1798
  • Hemicorallium Gray, 1867
  • Paracorallium Bayer & Cairns, 2003
• Melithaeidae Gray, 1870
  • Asperaxis Alderslade, 2007
  • Melithaea Milne-Edwards, 1857
• Paragorgiidae Kukenthal, 1916
  • Paragorgia Milne-Edwards, 1857
  • Sibogagorgia Stiasny, 1937
• Parisididae Aurivillius, 1931
  • Parisis Verrill, 1864
• Spongiodermidae Wright & Studer, 1889
  • Callipodium Verrill, 1876
  • Diodogorgia Kuekenthal, 1919
  • Homophyton Gray, 1866
  • Sclerophyton Cairns & Wirshing, 2015
  • Titanideum Verrill, 1864
  • Tripalea Bayer, 1955
• Subergorgiidae Gray, 1859
  • Annella Gray, 1858
  • Rosgorgia Lopez Gonzalez & Gili, 2001
  • Subergorgia Gray, 1857
• Victorgorgiidae Moore, Alderslade & Miller, 2017
  • Victorgorgia Lopez Gonzalez & Briand, 2002

References

1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Scleraxonia". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
2. Grasshoff, Manfred; Bargibant, Georges (2001). Coral Reef Gorgonians of New Caledonia. IRD Editions. p. 63. ISBN 978-2-7099-1466-6.
3. Lesser, Michael (2011). Advances in Marine Biology. Academic Press. p. 44. ISBN 978-0-12-385529-9.
4. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Anthothelidae Broch, 1916". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
5. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Briareidae Gray, 1859". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
6. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Coralliidae Lamouroux, 1812". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
7. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Melithaeidae Gray, 1870". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
8. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Paragorgiidae Kükenthal, 1916". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
9. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Parisididae Aurivillius, 1931". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
10. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Spongiodermidae Wright & Studer, 1889". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
11. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Subergorgiidae Gray, 1859". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 28 June 2011.

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