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Animalia (1)- Cnidaria (1)
- Anthozoa (1)
- Octocorallia (1)
- Alcyonacea (3)
- Calcaxonia (3)
- Chrysogorgiidae Verrill, 1883 (14)
Chalcogorgia (1)- Chrysogorgia Duchassaing & Michelotti 1864 (64)
- Distichogorgia Bayer, 1979 (1)
Helicogorgia- Iridogorgia Verrill, 1883 (5)
- Isidoides (1)
- Metallogorgia Versluys 1902 (4)
- Pleurogorgia Versluys 1902 (2)
- Pseudochrysogorgia Pante & France, 2010 (1)
- Radicipes Stearns 1883 (8)
- Rhodaniridogorgia Watling 2007 (2)
- Stephanogorgia Bayer & Muzik 1976 (3)
- Trichogorgia (5)
- Xenogorgia Bayer & Muzik, 1976 (1)
- Isididae Lamouroux, 1812 (4)
- Primnoidae (34)
- Holaxonia (2)
- Scleraxonia Studer, 1887 (9)
Iridogorgia Verrill, 1883
Nomenclature
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Order: CalcaxoniaFamily: Chrysogorgiidae Verrill, 1883
SUMMARY
"Main axis monopodial, spiraling upward, with undividedbranches emanating from one side of axis. Polyps short,when sexually mature with base expanded along upperside of branch. Sclerites rods, spindles, or scales, arrangedvertically, extending in tracts onto tentacles. Branchcoenenchyme with sclerites oriented along branch orwithout sclerites between polyps." Watling, 2007