Acanthogorgia Gray, 1857 (status source)
Acanthogorgiidae Gray, 1859 accepted as Paramuriceidae Bayer, 1956 (status source)
Alaskagorgia Sánchez & Cairns, 2004 (status source)
Alcyonacea accepted as Octocorallia (status source)
Alcyoniidae Lamouroux, 1812 (redescription)
Alcyoniina accepted as Malacalcyonacea (status source)
Alertigorgia Kükenthal, 1908 (status source)
Anthogorgiidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 accepted as Anthogorgiidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 (original description)
Anthomuricea Studer, 1887 (status source)
Anthothela Verrill, 1879 (status source)
Astrogorgia Verrill, 1868 (status source)
Astrogorgiidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 accepted as Astrogorgiidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 (original description)
Bayergorgia Williams & López-González, 2005 (status source)
Bebryce Philippi, 1842 (status source)
Briareopsis Bayer, 1993 (status source)
Calcaxonia accepted as Scleralcyonacea (status source)
Caliacis Deichmann, 1936 (status source)
Callistephanus Wright & Studer, 1889 (status source)
Callistephanus kofoidi (Nutting, 1909) (new combination reference)
Callistephanus koreni Wright & Studer, 1889 (new combination reference)
Callistephanus pallida (Madsen, 1970) (new combination reference)
Capnella Gray, 1869 (status source)
Capnellidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 accepted as Capnellidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 (original description)
Carijoa Müller, 1867 (status source)
Carijoidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 accepted as Carijoidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 (original description)
Chalcogorgia Bayer, 1949 (status source)
Chrysogorgiidae Verrill, 1883 (redescription)
Cyathopodium Verrill, 1868 (status source)
Dacrygorgia McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 accepted as Dacrygorgia McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 (original description)
Dacrygorgia albatrossi (Stiasny, 1941) (new combination reference)
Dacrygorgia modesta (Verrill, 1883) (new combination reference)
Dendrobrachiidae Brook, 1889 (redescription)
Distichogorgia Bayer, 1979 (status source)
Drifa Danielssen, 1887 (status source)
Duva Koren & Danielssen, 1883 (status source)
Eunephthya Verrill, 1869 (status source)
Eunicella Verrill, 1869 (status source)
Eunicellidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 accepted as Eunicellidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 (original description)
Gersemia von Marenzeller, 1878 (status source)
Gorgoniidae Lamouroux, 1812 (redescription)
Helicogorgia Verrill, 1883 (status source)
Hicksonella Nutting, 1910 (status source)
Holaxonia accepted as Malacalcyonacea (status source)
Iciligorgia Duchassaing, 1870 (status source)
Ifalukellidae Bayer, 1955 (redescription)
Incrustatidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 accepted as Incrustatidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 (original description)
Inflatocalyx Verseveldt & Bayer, 1988 (status source)
Isididae Lamouroux, 1812 (redescription)
Keroeididae Kinoshita, 1910 (redescription)
Lateothela Moore, Alderslade & Miller, 2017 (status source)
Lemnaliidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 accepted as Lemnaliidae Gray, 1869 (original description)
Malacalcyonacea (original description)
Malacalcyonacea incertae sedis (basis of record)
Melithaeidae Gray, 1870 (redescription)
Menella Gray, 1870 (status source)
Minabea Utinomi, 1957 (status source)
Muriceides Wright & Studer, 1889 (status source)
Muricella Verrill, 1869 (status source)
Muriceopsis Aurivillius, 1931 (status source)
Nephtheidae Gray, 1862 (redescription)
Nidaliidae Gray, 1869 (redescription)
Octocorallia incertae sedis (status source)
Paracis Kükenthal, 1919 accepted as Neoacis Matsumoto & van Ofwegen, 2023 (status source)
Paralemnalia Kükenthal, 1913 (status source)
Paraminabea Williams & Alderslade, 1999 (status source)
Paramuricea Kölliker, 1865 (status source)
Paramuriceidae Bayer, 1956 (redescription)
Pennatuloidea McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 (original description)
Placogorgia Wright & Studer, 1889 (status source)
Plexauridae Gray, 1859 (redescription)
Protoalcyonaria accepted as Malacalcyonacea (status source)
Pseudodrifa Utinomi, 1961 (status source)
Pseudotelestula Altuna & Poliseno, 2021 (status source)
Pterogorgiidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 accepted as Pterogorgiidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 (original description)
Rhodelinda Bayer, 1981 (status source)
Rhytisma Alderslade, 2000 (status source)
Sarcodictyonidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 accepted as Sarcodictyonidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 (original description)
Sarcophytidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 accepted as Sarcophytidae Gray, 1869 (original description)
Sarcophyton Lesson, 1834 (status source)
Scleracidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 accepted as Scleracidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 (original description)
Scleracis Riess in Kükenthal, 1919 (status source)
Scleralcyonacea (original description)
Scleralcyonacea incertae sedis (basis of record)
Scleranthelia Studer, 1878 (status source)
Sclerophytum Pratt, 1903 (subsequent type designation)
Sclerophytum mayi (Lüttschwager, 1915) (new combination reference)
Scyphopodium Bayer, 1981 (status source)
Sessiliflorae accepted as Pennatuloidea McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 (additional source)
Sinularia May, 1898 (status source)
Sinulariidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 accepted as Sinulariidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 (original description)
Siphonogorgia Kölliker, 1874 (status source)
Siphonogorgiidae Kölliker, 1874 (status source)
Stenogorgia Verrill, 1883 (status source)
Stenogorgia casta Verrill, 1883 (new combination reference)
Stolonifera accepted as Malacalcyonacea (status source)
Subergorgiidae Gray, 1859 (redescription)
Subselliflorae accepted as Pennatuloidea McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 (additional source)
Swiftia casta (Verrill, 1883) accepted as Stenogorgia casta Verrill, 1883 (new combination reference)
Swiftia kofoidi (Nutting, 1909) accepted as Callistephanus kofoidi (Nutting, 1909) (new combination reference)
Swiftia koreni (Wright & Studer, 1889) accepted as Callistephanus koreni Wright & Studer, 1889 (new combination reference)

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Genera placed in Malacalcyonacea based on molecular or morphological evidence but for which family assignment is ... [details]