Scleraxonia

Scleraxonia
Giant sea fan, Annella mollis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Subphylum:	Anthozoa
Class:	Octocorallia
Order:	Alcyonacea
Suborder:	Scleraxonia Studer, 1887
Families
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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

1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Scleraxonia". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
2. Grasshoff, Manfred; Bargibant, Georges (2001). Coral Reef Gorgonians of New Caledonia. IRD Editions. p. 63. ISBN   978-2-7099-1466-6.
3. Lesser, Michael (2011). Advances in Marine Biology. Academic Press. p. 44. ISBN   978-0-12-385529-9.
4. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Anthothelidae Broch, 1916". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
5. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Briareidae Gray, 1859". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
6. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Coralliidae Lamouroux, 1812". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
7. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Melithaeidae Gray, 1870". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
8. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Paragorgiidae Kükenthal, 1916". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
9. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Parisididae Aurivillius, 1931". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
10. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Spongiodermidae Wright & Studer, 1889". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
11. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Subergorgiidae Gray, 1859". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 28 June 2011.