Ifalukellidae is a family of
corals
Corals are colonial marine invertebrates within the subphylum Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. They typically form compact Colony (biology), colonies of many identical individual polyp (zoology), polyps. Coral species include the important Coral ...
belonging to the order
Scleralcyonacea
Scleralcyonacea, previously referred to as Calcaxonia, is an order of soft corals in the class Octocorallia.
History
A 2022 phylogenetic study found Octocorallia to be divided into two monophyletic lineages, which were established as the order ...
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[McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Ifalukellidae Bayer, 1955. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=266948 on 2025-07-25 ]
Genera:
* ''
Huziogorgia''
López-González, 2020
* ''
Ifalukella''
Bayer, 1955
* ''
Plumigorgia''
Nutting, 1910
* ''
Trichogorgia''
Hickson, 1904
References
Calcaxonia
Cnidarian families
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