Acanella Gray, 1870 (additional source)
Acanthogorgia Gray, 1857 (additional source)
Amphiacme Kükenthal, 1903 (basis of record)
Amphiacme abyssorum (Kükenthal, 1902) (additional source)
Anthelia Lamarck, 1816 (additional source)
Anthomastus Verrill, 1878 (additional source)
Anthoptilum Kölliker, 1880 (additional source)
Anthoptilum grandiflorum (Verrill, 1879) (additional source)
Anthothela Verrill, 1879 (additional source)
Calibelemnon Nutting, 1908 (basis of record)
Callogorgia Gray, 1858 (additional source)
Calyptrophora Gray, 1866 (additional source)
Carijoa Müller, 1867 (basis of record)
Chathamisis Grant, 1976 (basis of record)
Chrysogorgia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (additional source)
Chunella gracillima Kükenthal, 1902 (basis of record)
Clavularia Blainville, 1830 (additional source)
Dendronephthya Kükenthal, 1905 (basis of record)
Distichoptilum Verrill, 1882 (additional source)
Distichoptilum gracile Verrill, 1882 (additional source)
Echinoptilum Hubrecht, 1885 (basis of record)
Echinoptilum echinatum (Kükenthal, 1910) (basis of record)
Eleutherobia Pütter, 1900 (basis of record)
Eunicella Verrill, 1869 (additional source)
Funiculina Lamarck, 1816 (additional source)
Funiculina quadrangularis (Pallas, 1766) (additional source)
Halipteris Kölliker, 1870 accepted as Balticina Gray, 1870 (additional source)
Halipteris africana Studer, 1878 accepted as Balticina africana (Studer, 1878) (additional source)
Junceella Valenciennes, 1855 (additional source)
Keratoisis Wright, 1869 (additional source)
Kophobelemnon Asbjörnsen, 1856 (additional source)
Kophobelemnon stelliferum (Müller, 1776) (additional source)
Leptogorgia Milne Edwards, 1857 (additional source)
Menella Gray, 1870 (basis of record)
Minabea Utinomi, 1957 (basis of record)
Pennatula inflata Kükenthal, 1910 accepted as Ptilella inflata (Kükenthal, 1910) (basis of record)
Primnoeides Studer & Wright, 1887 (basis of record)
Primnoella Gray, 1858 (additional source)
Radicipes Stearns, 1883 (additional source)
Sarcodictyon Forbes (in Johnston), 1847 (additional source)
Sarcophyton Lesson, 1834 (additional source)
Scleranthelia Studer, 1878 (additional source)
Scleroptilum Kölliker, 1880 (basis of record)
Scyphopodium Bayer, 1981 (additional source)
Scyphopodium ingolfi (Madsen, 1944) (additional source)
Simpsonella Stiasny, 1940 accepted as Helicogorgia Verrill, 1883 (basis of record)
Simpsonella squamifera (Kükenthal, 1919) accepted as Helicogorgia squamifera (Kükenthal, 1919) (basis of record)
Siphonogorgia Kölliker, 1874 (additional source)
Telestula Madsen, 1944 (additional source)
Thouarella Gray, 1870 (additional source)
Tubipora musica Linnaeus, 1758 (additional source)
Umbellula Gray, 1870 (additional source)
Umbellula lindahli Kölliker, 1875 (additional source)
Umbellula thomsoni (Kölliker, 1874) (additional source)
Virgularia Lamarck, 1816 (additional source)
Virgularia mirabilis (Müller, 1776) (additional source)
Virgularia schultzei Kükenthal, 1910 (basis of record)
Xenogorgia Bayer & Muzik, 1976 (basis of record)
Xenogorgia sciurus Bayer & Muzik, 1976 (basis of record)

South Africa (country) for Echinoptilum echinatum (Kükenthal, 1910) 
South Africa (country) for Funiculina quadrangularis (Pallas, 1766) 
South Africa (country) for Halipteris africana Studer, 1878 
South Africa (country) for Kophobelemnon stelliferum (Müller, 1776) 
South Africa (country) for Pennatula inflata Kükenthal, 1910 
South Africa (country) for Scyphopodium ingolfi (Madsen, 1944) 
South Africa (country) for Simpsonella squamifera (Kükenthal, 1919) 
South Africa (country) for Tubipora musica Linnaeus, 1758 
South Africa (country) for Umbellula lindahli Kölliker, 1875 
South Africa (country) for Umbellula thomsoni (Kölliker, 1874) 
South Africa (country) for Virgularia mirabilis (Müller, 1776) 
South Africa (country) for Virgularia schultzei Kükenthal, 1910 
South Africa (country) for Xenogorgia sciurus Bayer & Muzik, 1976 

 Remark

 for Homophyton Gray, 1866

Placement in Family from NODC Taxonomic codes <209>. [details]