Class Anthozoa Ehrenberg, 1831
   Subclass Octocorallia Haeckel, 1866 - octocorals see Subclass Alcyonaria
     Order Alcyonacea Lamouroux, 1816 - soft corals
       Family Alcyoniidae
         01 Genus Acrophytum Hickson, 1900
         02 Genus Alcyonium Linnaeus, 1758
         03 Genus Anthomastus Verrill, 1878
         04 Genus Bellonella Gray, 1862
         05 Genus Ceratocaulon Jungersen, 1892
         06 Genus Cladiella Gray, 1869
         07 Genus Dampia Alderslade, 1983
         08 Genus Eleutherobia Pütter, 1900
         09 Genus Heteropolypus Tixier-Durivault, 1964
         10 Genus Inflatocalyx Verseveldt & Bayer, 1988
         11 Genus Lobophytum Marenzeller, 1886
         12 Genus Malacacanthus Thomson, 1910
         13 Genus Minabea Utinomi, 1957
         14 Genus Protodendron Thomson & Dean, 1931
         15 Genus Pseudoalcyonium Tixier-Durivault & d'Hondt, 1975
         16 Genus Pseudoanthomastus Tlxier-Durivault & d'Hondt, 1975
         17 Genus Rhizalcyon Bayer, 1995
         18 Genus Sarcophyton Lesson, 1834
         19 Genus Sinularia May, 1898
         20 Genus Verseveldtia Williams, 1990