Chrysogorgiidae
| Chrysogorgiidae | |
|---|---|
| Chrysogorgia sp. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Subphylum: | Anthozoa |
| Class: | Octocorallia |
| Order: | Scleralcyonacea |
| Family: | Chrysogorgiidae Verrill, 1883 |
| Synonyms | |
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Chrysogorgiidae is a family of soft corals in the suborder Scleralcyonacea.[1] So far, the only fossil record for the family are specimens tentatively identified as Radicipes sp. from Oligocene deep-water strata in western Washington State, USA.
On the deep sea seamounts southwest of Hawaii, the Chrysogorgiidae are the most abundant family of corals.[2]
Genera
The following genera are recognised as members of family Chrysogorgiidae:[3][4]
- Chrysogorgia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
- Iridogorgia Verrill, 1883
- Metallogorgia Versluys, 1902
- Parachrysogorgia Xu, Zhan & Xu, 2023
- Pseudochrysogorgia Pante & France, 2010
- Radicipes Stearns, 1883
- Ramuligorgia Cairns, Cordeiro & Xu in Cairns et al., 2021
- Rhodaniridogorgia Watling, 2007
In addition, a number of other genera have been previously assigned to this family. A recent taxonomic revision based on phylogenomic analysis either found them not to belong to the family or couldn't place them because there was no suitable molecular data for analysis.[4]
- Chalcogorgia Bayer, 1949
- Distichogorgia Bayer, 1979
- Flagelligorgia Cairns & Cordeiro, 2017
- Helicogorgia Verrill, 1883
- Pleurogorgia Versluys, 1902 (tentatively moved to Pleurogorgiidae)
- Trichogorgia Hickson, 1904 (tentatively moved to Ifalukellidae)
- Stephanogorgia Bayer & Muzik, 1976
- Xenogorgia Bayer & Muzik, 1976
References
- ^ World List of Octocorallia. McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (eds.). "Scleralcyonacea". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
- ^ Parke, Michael; et al. (2021). Deep-Sea Coral Research and Technology Program: Pacific Islands Deep-Sea Coral and Sponge Initiative Final Report (PDF). NOAA.
- ^ World List of Octocorallia. McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (eds.). "Chrysogorgiidae Verrill, 1883". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
- ^ a b 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.
- Bayer, F.M. and K.M. Muzik. 1976. New genera and species of the holaxonian family Chrysogorgiidae (Octocorallia: Gorgonacea). Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 50: 65–90.
- Goedert, J.L., L.S. Guthrie, and S. Kiel. 2022. Octocorals (Alcyonacea and Pennatulacea) from Paleogene deep-water strata in western Washington State, USA. Journal of Paleontology 96: 539–551.
External links
- Media related to Chrysogorgiidae at Wikimedia Commons
- "Chrysogorgiidae". The Encyclopedia of Life.