Chrysogorgiidae

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