Acanthogorgia

Acanthogorgia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Subphylum: Anthozoa
Class: Octocorallia
Order: Malacalcyonacea
Family: Acanthogorgiidae
Genus: Acanthogorgia
Gray, 1857

Acanthogorgia is a genus of gorgonian corals within the family Acanthogorgiidae, which belongs to the subclass Octocorallia and the order Alcyonacea (now considered part of Malacalcyonacea) is a genus of corals belonging to the family Acanthogorgiidae.

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.

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