Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Cnidaria
Classis: Anthozoa
Subclassis: Octocorallia
Ordo: Alcyonacea
Subordo: Scleraxonia
Familiae: Anthothelidae - Briareidae - Coralliidae - Melithaeidae - Paragorgiidae - Parisididae - Subergorgiidae – Victorgorgiidae
Name
Scleraxonia Studer, 1887
References
Template:Studer, 1887
Horvath, E.A. 2019. A review of gorgonian coral species (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) held in the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History research collection: focus on species from Scleraxonia, Holaxonia, and Calcaxonia – Part I: Introduction, species of Scleraxonia and Holaxonia (Family Acanthogorgiidae). Zookeys, 860: 1–66. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.860.19961 Reference page.
Moore, K.M., Alderslade, P. & Miller, K.J. 2017. A taxonomic revision of Anthothela (Octocorallia: Scleraxonia: Anthothelidae) and related genera, with the addition of new taxa, using morphological and molecular data. Zootaxa 4304(1): 1–212. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4304.1.1. Reference page.
Scleraxonia is a suborder of corals, a member of the phylum Cnidaria.[1]
Characteristics
Members of Scleraxonia have a skeletal axis made of calcified spicules, organic fibres or both, which may be separate, linked or fused together.[2]
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.[3]
Families and genera in this suborder include:
Anthothelidae Broch, 1916[4]
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[5]
Briareum Blainville, 1834
Lignopsis Perez & Zamponi, 2000
Pseudosuberia Kükenthal, 1919
Coralliidae Lamouroux, 1812[6]
Corallium Cuvier, 1798
Hemicorallium Gray, 1867
Paracorallium Bayer & Cairns, 2003
Melithaeidae Gray, 1870[7]
Asperaxis Alderslade, 2007
Melithaea Milne-Edwards, 1857
Paragorgiidae Kukenthal, 1916[8]
Paragorgia Milne-Edwards, 1857
Sibogagorgia Stiasny, 1937
Parisididae Aurivillius, 1931[9]
Parisis Verrill, 1864
Spongiodermidae Wright & Studer, 1889[10]
Callipodium Verrill, 1876
Diodogorgia Kuekenthal, 1919
Homophyton Gray, 1866
Sclerophyton Cairns & Wirshing, 2015
Titanideum Verrill, 1864
Tripalea Bayer, 1955
Subergorgiidae Gray, 1859[11]
Annella Gray, 1858
Rosgorgia Lopez Gonzalez & Gili, 2001
Subergorgia Gray, 1857
Victorgorgiidae Moore, Alderslade & Miller, 2017
Victorgorgia Lopez Gonzalez & Briand, 2002
References
"WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Scleraxonia". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
Grasshoff, Manfred; Bargibant, Georges (2001). Coral Reef Gorgonians of New Caledonia. IRD Editions. p. 63. ISBN 978-2-7099-1466-6.
Lesser, Michael (2011). Advances in Marine Biology. Academic Press. p. 44. ISBN 978-0-12-385529-9.
"WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Anthothelidae Broch, 1916". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
"WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Briareidae Gray, 1859". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
"WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Coralliidae Lamouroux, 1812". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
"WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Melithaeidae Gray, 1870". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
"WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Paragorgiidae Kükenthal, 1916". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
"WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Parisididae Aurivillius, 1931". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
"WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Spongiodermidae Wright & Studer, 1889". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
"WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Subergorgiidae Gray, 1859". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
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