Cornulariidae

Cornulariidae
	Cornularia cornucopiae coral
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Subphylum:	Anthozoa
Class:	Octocorallia
Order:	Scleralcyonacea
Family:	Cornulariidae ; Dana, 1846
Genera
	See text

Last updated September 08, 2025

Cornulariidae is a family of soft corals in the order Scleralcyonacea.^[1]

Genera

The World Register of Marine Species includes a single genus in the family:^[1]

Cornularia Lamarck, 1816

Prior to a 2022 taxonomic revision of Octocorallia corals,^[2] a second genus was included:

Cervera Lopez-Gonzalez, Ocana, Garcia-Gomez & Nunez, 1995 (now placed in family Cerveridae).^[3]

References

1 2 3 World List of Octocorallia. McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (eds.). "Cornulariidae Dana, 1846". World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 7 September 2025.
↑ McFadden, Catherine S.; Van Ofwegen, Leen P.; Quattrini, Andrea M. (2022). "Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics". Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists. 1 (3). doi:10.18061/bssb.v1i3.8735.
↑ World List of Octocorallia. McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (eds.). "Cerveridae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024". World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 7 September 2025.

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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 3 World List of Octocorallia. McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (eds.). "Cornulariidae Dana, 1846". World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 7 September 2025.

[McFadden-2022-2] McFadden, Catherine S.; Van Ofwegen, Leen P.; Quattrini, Andrea M. (2022). "Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics". Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists. 1 (3). doi:10.18061/bssb.v1i3.8735.

[WoRMS-Cerveridae-3] World List of Octocorallia. McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (eds.). "Cerveridae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024". World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 7 September 2025.

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