Acabaria rubra Esper, 1789 accepted as Melithaea rubra (Esper, 1789) (basis of record)
Acanella Gray, 1870 (additional source)
Acanthogorgia Gray, 1857 (additional source)
Acanthomuricea Hentschel, 1903 (basis of record)
Acanthomuricea pulchra (J.S. Thomson, 1911) (basis of record)
Acrophytum Hickson, 1900 (basis of record)
Acrophytum claviger Hickson, 1900 (basis of record)
Actinoptilum Kükenthal, 1911 (basis of record)
Actinoptilum molle (Kükenthal, 1910) (basis of record)
Alcyonium complanatum Verseveldt, 1977 accepted as Skamnarium complanatum (Verseveldt, 1977) (additional source)
Alcyonium distinctum Williams, 1988 accepted as Porphyrophyton distinctum (Williams, 1988) (basis of record)
Alcyonium elegans (Kükenthal, 1902) (basis of record)
Alcyonium faura J.S. Thomson, 1910 accepted as Alcyonium fauri J.S. Thomson, 1910 (basis of record)
Alcyonium fauri J.S. Thomson, 1910 (additional source)
Alcyonium foliatum J. S. Thomson, 1921 (basis of record)
Alcyonium moriferum (Tixier-Durivault, 1954) accepted as Parasphaerasclera morifera (Tixier-Durivault, 1954) (basis of record)
Alcyonium mutabiliforme Williams, 1988 accepted as Dimorphophyton mutabiliforme (Williams, 1988) (basis of record)
Alcyonium planiceps Williams, 1986 accepted as Lampophyton planiceps (Williams, 1986) (basis of record)
Alcyonium valdiviae Kükenthal, 1906 accepted as Parasphaerasclera valdiviae (Kukenthal, 1906) (basis of record)
Alcyonium variabile (J.S. Thomson, 1921) (basis of record)
Alcyonium Wilsoni J.S. Thomson, 1921 accepted as Circularius wilsoni (J.S. Thomson, 1921) (basis of record)
Amphiacme Kükenthal, 1903 (basis of record)
Amphiacme abyssorum (Kükenthal, 1902) (additional source)
Anthelia Lamarck, 1816 (additional source)
Anthogorgia Verrill, 1868 (basis of record)
Anthomastus Verrill, 1878 (additional source)
Anthomastus giganteus Tixier-Durivault, 1954 (additional source)
Anthoptilum Kölliker, 1880 (additional source)
Anthoptilum grandiflorum (Verrill, 1879) (additional source)
Anthothela Verrill, 1879 (additional source)
Anthothela parviflora J.S. Thomson, 1916 accepted as Williamsium parviflorum (J.S. Thomson, 1916) (additional source)
Astromuricea Germanos, 1895 (basis of record)
Astromuricea fusca (J.S. Thomson, 1911) (basis of record)
Bathytelesto Bayer, 1981 (basis of record)
Bathytelesto tubuliporoides Williams, 1989 (basis of record)
Calibelemnon Nutting, 1908 (basis of record)
Callogorgia Gray, 1858 (additional source)
Calyptrophora Gray, 1866 (additional source)
Capnella susanae Williams, 1988 accepted as Eunephthya susanae (Williams, 1988) (basis of record)
Capnella thyrsoidea (Verrill, 1865) accepted as Eunephthya thyrsoidea (Verrill, 1865) (basis of record)
Carijoa Müller, 1867 (basis of record)
Cavernularia Valenciennes in Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850 (additional source)
Cavernularia capitata Williams, 1989 (additional source)
Cavernularia dayi Tixier-Durivault, 1954 (additional source)
Cavernularia dedeckeri Williams, 1989 (additional source)
Cavernularia elegans (Herklots, 1858) (additional source)
Cavernulina Kükenthal & Broch, 1911 (basis of record)
Cespitularia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850 (basis of record)
Chathamisis Grant, 1976 (basis of record)
Chathamisis ramosa (Hickson, 1904) (basis of record)
Chrysogorgia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (additional source)
Chunella gracillima Kükenthal, 1902 (basis of record)
Cladiella Gray, 1869 (additional source)
Clavularia Blainville, 1830 (additional source)
Coelogorgia Milne Edwards, 1857 (additional source)
Dendronephthya Kükenthal, 1905 (basis of record)
Dendronephthya inhacaensis Verseveldt, 1960 (basis of record)
Dendronephthya mirabilis Henderson, 1909 (additional source)
Diodogorgia Kükenthal, 1919 (basis of record)
Diodogorgia capensis (J.S. Thomson, 1911) (additional source)
Distichoptilum Verrill, 1882 (additional source)
Distichoptilum gracile Verrill, 1882 (additional source)
Echinomuricea Verrill, 1869 (additional source)
Echinoptilum Hubrecht, 1885 (basis of record)
Echinoptilum echinatum (Kükenthal, 1910) (basis of record)
Echinoptilum macintoshi Hubrecht, 1885 (additional source)
Eleutherobia Pütter, 1900 (basis of record)
Eleutherobia rotifera (J.S. Thomson, 1910) accepted as Parasphaerasclera rotifera (Thomson, 1910) (basis of record)
Eleutherobia studeri (J.S. Thomson, 1910) accepted as Alcyonium studeri (J.S. Thomson, 1910) (basis of record)
Eunicella Verrill, 1869 (additional source)
Eunicella albicans (Kölliker, 1865) (basis of record)
Eunicella papillosa (Esper, 1797) accepted as Eunicella microthela (Lamouroux, 1816) (basis of record)
Eunicella tricoronata Velimirov, 1971 (basis of record)
Euplexaura Verrill, 1869 (basis of record)
Funiculina Lamarck, 1816 (additional source)
Funiculina quadrangularis (Pallas, 1766) (additional source)
Halipteris Kölliker, 1870 accepted as Balticina Gray, 1870 (additional source)
Halipteris africana Studer, 1878 accepted as Balticina africana (Studer, 1878) (additional source)
Heliopora coerulea (Pallas, 1766) (additional source)
Heteroxenia Kölliker, 1874 (additional source)
Homophyton Gray, 1866 (basis of record)
Homophyton verrucosum (Möbius, 1861) (additional source)
Ideogorgia capensis (Simpson, 1910) accepted as Ideogorgia capensis (Hickson, 1904) (basis of record)
Junceella Valenciennes, 1855 (additional source)
Keratoisis Wright, 1869 (additional source)
Kophobelemnon Asbjörnsen, 1856 (additional source)
Kophobelemnon stelliferum (Müller, 1776) (additional source)
Leptogorgia Milne Edwards, 1857 (additional source)
Leptogorgia barnardi Stiasny, 1940 (additional source)
Leptogorgia capensis (Hickson, 1900) (additional source)
Leptogorgia gilchristi (Hickson, 1904) (additional source)
Leptogorgia palma (Pallas, 1766) (additional source)
Litophyton Forskål, 1775 (basis of record)
Litophyton liltvedi Verseveldt & Williams, 1988 accepted as Pseudonephthea liltvedi (Verseveldt & Williams, 1988) (basis of record)
Lituaria Valenciennes in Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850 (basis of record)
Lituaria valenciennes D'Hondt, 1984 accepted as Lituaria valenciennesi d'Hondt, 1984 (basis of record)
Lobophytum Marenzeller, 1886 (additional source)
Malacacanthus Thomson, 1910 (basis of record)
Malacacanthus capensis (Hickson, 1900) (basis of record)
Malacobelemnon Tixier-Durivault, 1965 (basis of record)

South Africa (country) for Acabaria rubra Esper, 1789 
South Africa (country) for Acanthomuricea pulchra (J.S. Thomson, 1911) 
South Africa (country) for Alcyonium distinctum Williams, 1988 
South Africa (country) for Alcyonium elegans (Kükenthal, 1902) 
South Africa (country) for Alcyonium faura J.S. Thomson, 1910 
South Africa (country) for Alcyonium foliatum J. S. Thomson, 1921 
South Africa (country) for Alcyonium moriferum (Tixier-Durivault, 1954) 
South Africa (country) for Alcyonium mutabiliforme Williams, 1988 
South Africa (country) for Alcyonium planiceps Williams, 1986 
South Africa (country) for Alcyonium valdiviae Kükenthal, 1906 
South Africa (country) for Alcyonium variabile (J.S. Thomson, 1921) 
South Africa (country) for Alcyonium Wilsoni J.S. Thomson, 1921 
South Africa (country) for Astromuricea fusca (J.S. Thomson, 1911) 
South Africa (country) for Bathytelesto tubuliporoides Williams, 1989 
South Africa (country) for Capnella susanae Williams, 1988 
South Africa (country) for Capnella thyrsoidea (Verrill, 1865) 
South Africa (country) for Cespitularia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850 
South Africa (country) for Chathamisis ramosa (Hickson, 1904) 
South Africa (country) for Dendronephthya inhacaensis Verseveldt, 1960 
South Africa (country) for Dendronephthya mirabilis Henderson, 1909  (origin: native - endemic)
South Africa (country) for Echinoptilum echinatum (Kükenthal, 1910) 
South Africa (country) for Eleutherobia rotifera (J.S. Thomson, 1910) 
South Africa (country) for Eleutherobia studeri (J.S. Thomson, 1910) 
South Africa (country) for Eunicella albicans (Kölliker, 1865) 
South Africa (country) for Eunicella papillosa (Esper, 1797) 
South Africa (country) for Eunicella tricoronata Velimirov, 1971 
South Africa (country) for Funiculina quadrangularis (Pallas, 1766) 
South Africa (country) for Halipteris africana Studer, 1878 
South Africa (country) for Heliopora coerulea (Pallas, 1766) 
South Africa (country) for Kophobelemnon stelliferum (Müller, 1776) 
South Africa (country) for Litophyton liltvedi Verseveldt & Williams, 1988 
South Africa (country) for Lituaria valenciennes D'Hondt, 1984 
South Africa (country) for Pennatula inflata Kükenthal, 1910 
South Africa (country) for Pennatula murrayi Kölliker, 1880 
South Africa (country) for Pieterfaurea khoisaniana (Williams, 1988) 
South Africa (country) for Pieterfaurea unilobata (J.S. Thomson, 1921) 
South Africa (country) for Pteroeides isosceles J.S. Thomson, 1915 
South Africa (country) for Scleranthelia thomsoni Williams, 1987 
South Africa (country) for Scyphopodium ingolfi (Madsen, 1944) 
South Africa (country) for Scytaliopsis djiboutiensis Gravier, 1906 
South Africa (country) for Simpsonella capensis (Simpson, 1910) 
South Africa (country) for Simpsonella flagellata (Simpson, 1910) 
South Africa (country) for Simpsonella spiralis (Hickson, 1904) 
South Africa (country) for Simpsonella squamifera (Kükenthal, 1919) 
South Africa (country) for Trichogorgia capensis (Hickson, 1904) 
South Africa (country) for Trichogorgia flexilis Hickson, 1904 
South Africa (country) for Tubipora musica Linnaeus, 1758 
South Africa (country) for Umbellula lindahli Kölliker, 1875 
South Africa (country) for Umbellula thomsoni (Kölliker, 1874) 
South Africa (country) for Veretillum cynomorum 
South Africa (country) for Veretillum leloupi Tixier-Durivault, 1960 
South Africa (country) for Verseveldtia bucciniforme Williams, 1990 
South Africa (country) for Virgularia gustaviana (Herklots, 1863) 
South Africa (country) for Virgularia mirabilis (Müller, 1776) 
South Africa (country) for Virgularia schultzei Kükenthal, 1910 
South Africa (country) for Xenia dayi Tixier-Durivault, 1959 
South Africa (country) for Xenia umbellata Lamarck, 1816 
South Africa (country) for Xenogorgia sciurus Bayer & Muzik, 1976 

 Remark

 for Homophyton Gray, 1866

Placement in Family from NODC Taxonomic codes <209>. [details]