• Source: Scleraxonia

Scleraxonia is a suborder of corals, a member of the phylum Cnidaria.




Characteristics


Members of Scleraxonia have a skeletal axis made of calcified spicules, organic fibres or both, which may be separate, linked or fused together.




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.
Families and genera in this suborder include:

Anthothelidae Broch, 1916
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
Briareum Blainville, 1834
Lignopsis Perez & Zamponi, 2000
Pseudosuberia Kükenthal, 1919
Coralliidae Lamouroux, 1812
Corallium Cuvier, 1798
Hemicorallium Gray, 1867
Paracorallium Bayer & Cairns, 2003
Melithaeidae Gray, 1870
Asperaxis Alderslade, 2007
Melithaea Milne-Edwards, 1857
Paragorgiidae Kukenthal, 1916
Paragorgia Milne-Edwards, 1857
Sibogagorgia Stiasny, 1937
Parisididae Aurivillius, 1931
Parisis Verrill, 1864
Spongiodermidae Wright & Studer, 1889
Callipodium Verrill, 1876
Diodogorgia Kuekenthal, 1919
Homophyton Gray, 1866
Sclerophyton Cairns & Wirshing, 2015
Titanideum Verrill, 1864
Tripalea Bayer, 1955
Subergorgiidae Gray, 1859
Annella Gray, 1858
Rosgorgia Lopez Gonzalez & Gili, 2001
Subergorgia Gray, 1857
Victorgorgiidae Moore, Alderslade & Miller, 2017
Victorgorgia Lopez Gonzalez & Briand, 2002




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Alcyonacea
• Scleraxonia
• Alcyonacea
• Parisis (genus)
• Coralliidae
• Melithaeidae
• Briareidae
• Paragorgiidae
• List of marine cnidarians of South Africa
• Victorgorgia
• Spongiodermidae