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Chrysogorgiidae

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Chrysogorgiidae
Chrysogorgia sp.
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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.

References

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  • 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.

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