Maximum likelihood phylogeny of family Melithaeidae based on concatenated nucleotide sequences for mtMutS (486 nt) and 28S rDNA (670 nt) (sequence data for all but RMNH Coel. 42122 are from Reijnen et al. 2014). Well-supported clades of species from the Indo-Pacific, east and south Africa, and outgroup taxa (Annella, Chironephthya, Euplexaura, Siphonogorgia, Solenocaulon) have been collapsed to improve readability. Numbers above branches are maximum likelihood bootstrap percentages; numbers below branches are Bayesian posterior probabilities. Generic assignments follow the recommendations of Reijnen et al. (2014).