Cornulariidae

{{Short description|Family of corals}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Cornulariidae | image_alt = Cornularia cornucopiae coral | image_caption = Cornularia cornucopiae coral | image = Cornularia_cornucopiae.jpg | authority = Dana, 1846 <ref name=WoRMS/> | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = {{center|''See text''}} }}

'''Cornulariidae''' is a family of soft corals in the order Scleralcyonacea.<ref name=WoRMS> {{cite taxon|WoRMS|title=Cornulariidae Dana, 1846 |id=125283 |db=octocorallia|access-date=7 September 2025}} </ref>

==Genera==

The World Register of Marine Species includes a single genus in the family:<ref name=WoRMS/>

*''Cornularia''<small> Lamarck, 1816</small>

Prior to a 2022 taxonomic revision of Octocorallia corals,<ref name=McFadden-2022 >{{cite journal |last1=McFadden |first1=Catherine S. |last2=Van Ofwegen |first2=Leen P. |last3=Quattrini |first3=Andrea M. |title=Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics |journal=Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists |date=2022 |volume=1 |issue=3 |doi=10.18061/bssb.v1i3.8735 |doi-access=free }}</ref> a second genus was included:

*''Cervera''<small> Lopez-Gonzalez, Ocana, Garcia-Gomez & Nunez, 1995</small> (now placed in family Cerveridae).<ref name=WoRMS-Cerveridae> {{cite taxon|WoRMS|title=Cerveridae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024 |id=1749519|db=octocorallia|access-date=7 September 2025}} </ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Cornulariidae Category:Stolonifera Category:Cnidaria families