Chrysogorgiidae

Chrysogorgiidae
Chrysogorgia sp.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Octocorallia
Order:	Alcyonacea
Suborder:	Calcaxonia
Family:	Chrysogorgiidae Verrill, 1883
Genera
Chalcogorgia Chrysogorgia Distichogorgia Flagelligorgia Helicogorgia Iridogorgia Metallogorgia Pleurogorgia Pseudochrysogorgia Radicipes Rhodaniridogorgia Stephanogorgia Trichogorgia Xenogorgia
Synonyms
Dasygorgidae Studer, 1887 Malacogorgiidae Hickson, 1904

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