Scleraxonia
Scleraxonia is a suborder of corals, a member of the phylum Cnidaria.[1]
| Scleraxonia | |
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| Giant sea fan, Annella mollis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Octocorallia |
| Order: | Alcyonacea |
| Suborder: | Scleraxonia Studer, 1887 |
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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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