Chrysogorgiidae
| Chrysogorgiidae | |
|---|---|
| Chrysogorgia sp. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Subphylum: | Anthozoa |
| Class: | Octocorallia |
| Order: | Scleralcyonacea |
| Family: | Chrysogorgiidae Verrill, 1883 |
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Chrysogorgiidae is a family of soft corals in the suborder Scleralcyonacea. 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.