Order Gorgonacea Lamouroux 1816 (gorgonian)
PaleoDB taxon number: 147057
Alternative spelling: Gorgonida
Parent taxon: Octocorallia according to R. L. Squires 1999
Sister taxa: Alcyonacea, Coenothecalia, Echmatocrinidae, Graphularia, Helioporacea, Plexauridae, Waiparaconidae
Subtaxa: Acabaria, Axogaster, Carpathoporella, Coptocampylodon, Corallium, Eogorgia, Gorgoniidae, Krimella, Melithaea, Moltkia, Nicella, Paramoltkia, Parisididae, Petilavenula, Primnoa, Verrucella
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder