Order

Scleralcyonacea

174 species in this order. Browse scientific names and open each profile for distribution, taxonomy and available wildlife data.

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Species · page 1 of 3

bonsai bamboo coral

Acanella arbuscula

Keratoisididae

Acanella aurelia

Acanella aurelia

Keratoisididae

Acanella dispar

Acanella dispar

Keratoisididae

Acanella weberi

Acanella weberi

Keratoisididae

Acanthoprimnoa goesi

Acanthoprimnoa goesi

Primnoidae

large-polyped deep-sea soft coral

Anthomastus grandiflorus

Coralliidae

full-flowered sea pen

Anthoptilum grandiflorum

Anthoptilidae

Murray's sea pen

Anthoptilum murrayi

Anthoptilidae

Arthrogorgia utinomii

Arthrogorgia utinomii

Primnoidae

California sea pen

Balticina californica

Balticinidae

Balticina christii

Balticina christii

Balticinidae

hammer-tipped sea pen

Balticina finmarchica

Balticinidae

Willemoes’s Sea Whip

Balticina willemoesi

Balticinidae

Bathyalcyon robustum

Bathyalcyon robustum

Coralliidae

BOLD:AAP1185

BOLD:AAP1185

Pennatulidae

BOLD:AEA8871

BOLD:AEA8871

Virgulariidae
Corky Sea Finger

Corky Sea Finger

Briareum asbestinum

Briareidae
Briareum stechei

Briareum stechei

Briareum stechei

Briareidae
Green Star Polyps

Green Star Polyps

Briareum violaceum

Briareidae

Calibelemnon symmetricum

Calibelemnon symmetricum

Scleroptilidae

Callogorgia compressa

Callogorgia compressa

Primnoidae

Callogorgia formosa

Callogorgia formosa

Primnoidae

Callogorgia gilberti

Callogorgia gilberti

Primnoidae

Callogorgia kinoshitai

Callogorgia kinoshitai

Primnoidae

Callogorgia lucaya

Callogorgia lucaya

Primnoidae

Calyptrophora agassizii

Calyptrophora agassizii

Primnoidae

Calyptrophora alpha

Calyptrophora alpha

Primnoidae

Calyptrophora angularis

Calyptrophora angularis

Primnoidae

Calyptrophora clarki

Calyptrophora clarki

Primnoidae

Calyptrophora clinata

Calyptrophora clinata

Primnoidae

Calyptrophora cucullata

Calyptrophora cucullata

Primnoidae

Calyptrophora diaphana

Calyptrophora diaphana

Primnoidae

Calyptrophora lyra

Calyptrophora lyra

Primnoidae

Calyptrophora microdentata

Calyptrophora microdentata

Primnoidae

Calyptrophora pileata

Calyptrophora pileata

Primnoidae

Calyptrophora wyvillei

Calyptrophora wyvillei

Primnoidae

Canarya canariensis

Canarya canariensis

Primnoidae

Candidella helminthophora

Candidella helminthophora

Primnoidae

Shingled Tree Coral

Candidella imbricata

Primnoidae
Vérétille naine

Vérétille naine

Cavernularia pusilla

Veretillidae

Chelidonisis aurantiaca mexicana

Chelidonisis aurantiaca mexicana

Chelidonisididae

Chrysogorgia abludo

Chrysogorgia abludo

Chrysogorgiidae

Chrysogorgia desbonni

Chrysogorgia desbonni

Chrysogorgiidae

Chrysogorgia elegans

Chrysogorgia elegans

Chrysogorgiidae

Chrysogorgia geniculata

Chrysogorgia geniculata

Chrysogorgiidae

Chrysogorgia pinnata

Chrysogorgia pinnata

Chrysogorgiidae

Chrysogorgia tricaulis

Chrysogorgia tricaulis

Chrysogorgiidae

Convexella magelhaenica

Convexella magelhaenica

Primnoidae
precious coral

precious coral

Corallium rubrum

Coralliidae

cornucopic coral

Cornularia cornucopiae

Cornulariidae

Dendrobrachia sarmentosa

Dendrobrachia sarmentosa

Dendrobrachiidae
Dichotella gemmacea

Dichotella gemmacea

Dichotella gemmacea

Ellisellidae

colorful sea rod

Diodogorgia nodulifera

Spongiodermidae

Slender Sea Pen

Distichoptilum gracile

Protoptilidae

sea whip

Ellisella atlantica

Ellisellidae
Ellisella ceratophyta

Ellisella ceratophyta

Ellisella ceratophyta

Ellisellidae
Long Sea Whip

Long Sea Whip

Ellisella elongata

Ellisellidae
bushy sea whip

bushy sea whip

Ellisella schmitti

Ellisellidae
Encrusting Gorgonian

Encrusting Gorgonian

Erythropodium caribaeorum

Erythropodiidae

Tall Sea Pen

Funiculina quadrangularis

Funiculinidae