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Scleralcyonacea

Order of corals

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Families

Families belonging to the order include:

  • Aulopsammiidae (Reuss, 1854)
  • Briareidae (Gray, 1859)
  • Chelidonisididae (Heestand Saucier, France & Watling, 2021)
  • Chrysogorgiidae (Verrill, 1883)
  • Coralliidae (Lamouroux, 1812)
  • Cornulariidae (Dana, 1846)
  • Dendrobrachiidae (Brook, 1889)
  • Ellisellidae (Gray, 1859)
  • Erythropodiidae (Kükenthal, 1916)
  • Helioporidae (Moseley, 1876)
  • Ideogorgiidae (McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024)
  • Ifalukellidae (Bayer, 1955)
  • Isidoidae (Heestand Saucier, France & Watling, 2021)
  • Keratoisididae (Gray, 1870)
  • Mopseidae (Gray, 1870)
  • Parasphaerascleridae (McFadden & van Ofwegen, 2013)
  • Parisididae (Aurivillius, 1931)

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