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.

On the deep sea seamounts southwest of Hawaii, the Chrysogorgiidae are the most abundant family of corals.^[1]

References

^ Parke, Michael; et al. (2021). Deep-Sea Coral Research and Technology Program: Pacific Islands Deep-Sea Coral and Sponge Initiative Final Report (PDF). NOAA.

Bayer, F.M. and K.M. Muzik. 1976. New genera and species of the holaxonian family Chrysogorgiidae (Octocorallia: Gorgonacea). Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 50: 65–90.
Goedert, J.L., L.S. Guthrie, and S. Kiel. 2022. Octocorals (Alcyonacea and Pennatulacea) from Paleogene deep-water strata in western Washington State, USA. Journal of Paleontology 96: 539–551.

External links

Media related to Chrysogorgiidae at Wikimedia Commons
"Chrysogorgiidae". The Encyclopedia of Life.

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[1] Parke, Michael; et al. (2021). Deep-Sea Coral Research and Technology Program: Pacific Islands Deep-Sea Coral and Sponge Initiative Final Report (PDF). NOAA.

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