Primnoidae

Primnoidae
Narella sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Subphylum:	Anthozoa
Class:	Octocorallia
Order:	Scleralcyonacea
Family:	Primnoidae Milne Edwards, 1857 [1]
Genera
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Primnoidae is a family of soft corals.

Genera

The World Register of Marine Species includes the following genera in the family:^[2]

• Abyssoprimnoa Cairns, 2015
• Acanthoprimnoa Cairns & Bayer, 2004
• Aglaoprimnoa Bayer, 1996
• Ainigmaptilon Dean, 1926
• Armadillogorgia Bayer, 1980
• Arntzia López-González, Gili & Orejas, 2002
• Arthrogorgia Kükenthal, 1908
• Australogorgia Cairns & Bayer, 2009
• Callogorgia Gray, 1858
• Callozostron Wright, 1885
• Calyptrophora Gray, 1866
• Canarya Ocaña & van Ofwegen, 2003
• Candidella Bayer, 1954
• Convexella Bayer, 1996
• Dasystenella Versluys, 1906
• Fannyella Gray, 1872
• Faxiella Zapata-Guardiola & López-González, 2012
• Helicoprimnoa Cairns, 2012
• Heptaprimnoa Cairns, 2012
• Loboprimnoa Cairns, 2016
• Macroprimnoa Cairns, 2018
• Metafannyella Cairns & Bayer, 2009
• Metanarella Cairns, 2012
• Microprimnoa Bayer & Stefani, 1989
• Mirostenella Bayer, 1988
• Narella Gray, 1870
• Narelloides Cairns, 2012
• Onogorgia Cairns & Bayer, 2009
• Ophidiogorgia Bayer, 1980
• Pachyprimnoa Cairns, 2016
• Paracalyptrophora Kinoshita, 1908
• Paranarella Cairns, 2007
• Parastenella Versluys, 1906
• Perissogorgia Bayer & Stefani, 1989
• Plumarella Gray, 1870
• Primnoa Lamouroux, 1812
• Primnocapsa Zapata-Guardiola & López-González, 2012
• Primnoeides Studer & Wright, 1887
• Primnoella Gray, 1858
• Pseudoplumarella Kükenthal, 1915
• Pterostenella Versluys, 1906
• Pyrogorgia Cairns & Bayer, 2009
• Scopaegorgia Zapata-Guardiola & Lopez-González, 2010
• Thouarella Gray, 1870
• Tokoprymno Bayer, 1996
• Verticillata Zapata-Guardiola, López-González & Gili, 2013

References

1. van Ofwegen, Leen (2014). "Primnoidae Milne Edwards, 1857". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2015-03-22.
2. World List of Octocorallia. McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (eds.). "Primnoidae Milne Edwards, 1857". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 6 September 2025.