Chrysogorgiidae


Chrysogorgiidae is a family of soft corals in the suborder Scleralcyonacea. 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.

Genera

The following genera are recognised as members of family Chrysogorgiidae:
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.