Order Coenothecalia Bourne 1900 (blue coral)
Parent taxon: Octocorallia according to R. C. Baron-Szabo 1997
Sister taxa: Alcyonacea, Echmatocrinidae, Ellisella, Gorgonacea, Helioporacea, Heterocorallia, Pennatulacea, Plexauridae, Trachypsammia, Waiparaconidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Coenothecalia in the database