Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Anthozoa > Class Octocorallia > Order Scleralcyonacea

Coralliidae Lamouroux, 1812

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

*Paragorgiidae*	Kükenthal, 1916	synonym

Children

Anthomastinae Verrill, 1922
Corallium Cuvier, 1798
Hemicorallium Gray, 1867
Paragorgia Milne Edwards, 1857
Pleurocorallium Gray, 1867

Vernaculars (+) (-)

German: Korallen sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Κοραλιίδες sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: corallidi sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Japanese: サンゴ科 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Lithuanian: raudonieji koralai sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: rødkoraller sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: koralowcowate sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: коралловые sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: korale sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: mercanlar

Literature

basis of record	van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 104-105
additional source	Figueroa, D. F.; Baco, A. R. (2014). Complete mitochondrial genomes elucidate phylogenetic relationships of the deep-sea octocoral families Coralliidae and Paragorgiidae. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 99: 83-91.
additional source	Tu, T.-H.; Dai, C.-F.; Jeng, M.-S. (2016). Taxonomic revision of Coralliidae with descriptions of new species from New Caledonia and the Hawaiian Archipelago. Marine Biology Research. 12(10): 1003-1038.