Acanthacis Deichmann, 1936 (status source)
Acanthoaxiidae van Ofwegen & McFadden, 2010 (redescription)
Acanthogorgia Gray, 1857 (status source)
Acanthogorgiidae Gray, 1859 accepted as Paramuriceidae Bayer, 1956 (status source)
Acanthomuricea Hentschel, 1903 (status source)
Acrossotidae Bourne, 1914 (redescription)
Alaskagorgia Sánchez & Cairns, 2004 (status source)
Alcyonacea accepted as Octocorallia (status source)
Alcyoniidae Lamouroux, 1812 (redescription)
Alcyoniina accepted as Malacalcyonacea (status source)
Aldersladum Benayahu & McFadden, 2011 (status source)
Alertigorgia Kükenthal, 1908 (status source)
Altumia Benayahu, McFadden & Shoham, 2017 (status source)
Anastromvos Bryce & Wilson, 2019 (status source)
Anthogorgia Verrill, 1868 (status source)
Anthogorgiidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 (original description)
Anthomuricea Studer, 1887 (status source)
Anthoplexaura Kükenthal, 1908 (status source)
Anthothela Verrill, 1879 (status source)
Aquaumbridae Breedy, van Ofwegen & Vargas, 2012 (redescription)
Aspera Dautova, 2018 (status source)
Astrogorgia Verrill, 1868 (status source)
Astrogorgiidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 (original description)
Astromuricea Germanos, 1895 (status source)
Azoriella (López-González & Gili, 2001) (status source)
Bathytelesto Bayer, 1981 (status source)
Bayergorgia Williams & López-González, 2005 (status source)
Bebryce Philippi, 1842 (status source)
Briareidae Gray, 1859 (redescription)
Briareopsis Bayer, 1993 (status source)
Calcaxonia accepted as Scleralcyonacea (status source)
Caliacis Deichmann, 1936 (status source)
Calicogorgia Thomson & Henderson, 1906 (status source)
Callistephanus Wright & Studer, 1889 (status source)
Callistephanus kofoidi (Nutting, 1909) (new combination reference)
Callistephanus koreni Wright & Studer, 1889 (new combination reference)
Callistephanus pacificus Nutting, 1912 (new combination reference)
Callistephanus pallida (Madsen, 1970) (new combination reference)
Callistephanus rosea (Grieg, 1887) (new combination reference)
Callistephanus simplex (Nutting, 1909) (new combination reference)
Callistephanus spauldingi (Nutting, 1909) (new combination reference)
Canarya Ocaña & van Ofwegen, 2003 (status source)
Capnella Gray, 1869 (status source)
Capnellidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 (original description)
Carijoa Müller, 1867 (status source)
Carijoidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 (original description)
Carotalcyon Utinomi, 1952 (status source)
Ceratocaulon Jungersen, 1892 (status source)
Cervera López-González, Ocaña, García-Gómez & Núñez, 1995 (status source)
Cerveridae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 (original description)
Chalcogorgia Bayer, 1949 (status source)
Chondronephthya Utinomi, 1960 (status source)
Chromoplexaura Williams, 2013 (status source)
Chrysogorgiidae Verrill, 1883 (redescription)
Cladiella Gray, 1869 (status source)
Cladiellidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 (original description)
Coelogorgiidae Bourne, 1900 (redescription)
Complexum van Ofwegen, Aurelle & Sartoretto, 2014 (status source)
Cornulariidae Dana, 1846 (redescription)
Cryogorgia Williams, 2005 (status source)
Cryptophyton Williams, 2000 (status source)
Cyathopodium Verrill, 1868 (status source)
Cyclomuricea Nutting, 1908 (status source)
Dacrygorgia McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 (original description)
Dacrygorgia albatrossi (Stiasny, 1941) (new combination reference)
Dacrygorgia modesta (Verrill, 1883) (new combination reference)
Daniela von Koch, 1891 (status source)
Dendrobrachiidae Brook, 1889 (redescription)
Denhartogia Ocaña & van Ofwegen, 2003 (status source)
Dentomuricea Grasshoff, 1977 (status source)
Discophytidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 (original description)
Distichogorgia Bayer, 1979 (status source)
Drifa Danielssen, 1887 (status source)
Duva Koren & Danielssen, 1883 (status source)
Echinogorgia Kölliker, 1865 (status source)
Echinomuricea Verrill, 1869 (status source)
Elbeenus Alderslade, 2002 (status source)
Elenanthus Sanamyan & Sanamyan, 2020 (status source)
Erythropodiidae Kükenthal, 1916 (status source)
Eunephthya Verrill, 1869 (status source)
Eunicella Verrill, 1869 (status source)
Eunicellidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 (original description)
Euplexaura Verrill, 1869 (status source)
Euplexauridae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 (original description)
Filigorgia Stiasny, 1937 (status source)
Flagelligorgia Cairns & Cordeiro, 2017 (status source)
Gersemia von Marenzeller, 1878 (status source)
Gorgoniidae Lamouroux, 1812 (redescription)
Guaiagorgia Grasshoff & Alderslade, 1997 (status source)
Hadaka Lau & Reimer, 2019 (status source)
Haimeidae Wright, 1865 (status source)
Helicogorgia Verrill, 1883 (status source)
Heterogorgia Verrill, 1868 (status source)
Hicksonella Nutting, 1910 (status source)
Holaxonia accepted as Malacalcyonacea (status source)
Hypnogorgia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (status source)
Iciligorgia Duchassaing, 1870 (status source)
Ideogorgiidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 (original description)
Ifalukellidae Bayer, 1955 (redescription)
Inconstantia McFadden & van Ofwegen, 2012 (status source)

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