Chrysogorgiidae

Chrysogorgiidae
Chrysogorgia sp.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Octocorallia
Order:	Alcyonacea
Suborder:	Calcaxonia
Family:	Chrysogorgiidae Verrill, 1883
Genera
Chalcogorgia Chrysogorgia Distichogorgia Flagelligorgia Helicogorgia Iridogorgia Metallogorgia Pleurogorgia Pseudochrysogorgia Radicipes Rhodaniridogorgia Stephanogorgia Trichogorgia Xenogorgia
Synonyms
Dasygorgidae Studer, 1887 Malacogorgiidae Hickson, 1904

Chrysogorgiidae is a family of soft corals in the suborder Calcaxonia.

References

• Bayer, F.M. and K.M. Muzik. 1976. New genera and species of the holaxonian family Chrysogorgiidae (Octocorallia: Gorgonacea). Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 50: 65–90.

External links

• Media related to Chrysogorgiidae at Wikimedia Commons
• "Chrysogorgiidae" at the Encyclopedia of Life