Chrysogorgiidae | |
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Chrysogorgia sp. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Octocorallia |
Order: | Alcyonacea |
Suborder: | Calcaxonia |
Family: | Chrysogorgiidae Verrill, 1883 |
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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.