Primnoidae

Primnoidae is a family of soft corals.

Callogorgia is a genus of deep sea corals that are ideally suited to be habitats for different organisms. They reproduce both sexually and asexually, clinging to the hard substrate of the ocean during their maturation process. Callogorgia are found at depths ranging from 750-8200 feet in the Gulf of Mexico, Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. An array of organisms have relationships with Callogorgia, including brittle stars, cat sharks, and copepods. The nature of these relationships are often commensal, with Callogorgia providing a habitat for the organisms.

Candidella is a genus of corals belonging to the family Primnoidae.

species of cnidarian

Narella (Gray, 1870) is a genus of deep-sea soft corals in the family Primnoidae (Milne Edwards, 1857). They are sessile, bottom-dwelling organisms that can be found in all ocean basins, having cosmopolitan distribution. They have a branching appearance.

Primnoa also known as red tree coral, is a genus of soft corals and the type genus of the family Primnoidae . They are sessile, benthic cnidarians that can be found in the North Pacific, North Atlantic, and Subantarctic South Pacific, and its members often play a vital ecological role as keystone species within their environment as a habitat and refuge for the megafauna that also inhabit those regions. This, in combination with their slow growth, makes the increasing disturbance to their habitats caused by fishing activities particularly impactful and difficult to recover from.

Paracalyptrophora is a genus of corals belonging to the family Primnoidae.

species of cnidarian

species of cnidarian

genus of cnidarians

Fannyella is a genus of corals belonging to the family Primnoidae.

Primnoeides is a genus of Cnidaria in the family Primnoidae.

Convexella is a genus of corals belonging to the family Primnoidae, first described by Frederick Bayer in 1996.