Scleraxonia

Scleraxonia
Sea fan, Mopsella sp.
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

Families and genera

Families and genera in this suborder include:

• Anthothelidae Broch, 1916
  • 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
  • Briareum Blainville, 1834
  • Lignopsis Perez & Zamponi, 2000
  • Pseudosuberia Kükenthal, 1919
• Coralliidae Lamouroux, 1812
  • Corallium Cuvier, 1798
  • Paracorallium Bayer & Cairns, 2003
• Melithaeidae Gray, 1870
  • 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
  • Paragorgia Milne-Edwards, 1857
  • Sibogagorgia Stiasny, 1937
• Parisididae Aurivillius, 1931
  • Parisis Verrill, 1864
• Subergorgiidae Gray, 1859
  • Annella Gray, 1858
  • Rosgorgia Lopez Gonzalez & Gili, 2001
  • Subergorgia Gray, 1857