Scleraxonia

Scleraxonia

Scleraxonia

Suborder of corals

Scleraxonia is a suborder of corals, a member of the phylum Cnidaria.[1]

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Characteristics

Members of Scleraxonia have a skeletal axis made of calcified spicules, organic fibres or both, which may be separate, linked or fused together.[2]

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.[3]

Families and genera in this suborder include:

References

  1. [1]
    "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Scleraxonia". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  2. [2]
    Grasshoff, Manfred; Bargibant, Georges (2001). Coral Reef Gorgonians of New Caledonia. IRD Editions. p. 63. ISBN 978-2-7099-1466-6.
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    Lesser, Michael (2011). Advances in Marine Biology. Academic Press. p. 44. ISBN 978-0-12-385529-9.
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    "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Anthothelidae Broch, 1916". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
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    "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Briareidae Gray, 1859". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  6. [6]
    "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Coralliidae Lamouroux, 1812". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
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    "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Melithaeidae Gray, 1870". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
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    "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Paragorgiidae Kükenthal, 1916". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  9. [9]
    "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Parisididae Aurivillius, 1931". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
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    "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Spongiodermidae Wright & Studer, 1889". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
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    "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Subergorgiidae Gray, 1859". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
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