Maximum likelihood reconstruction (2417 nt of concatenated mtMutS, COI, 28S rDNA) of the Holaxonia-Alcyoniina clade of Octocorallia. Two stoloniferous taxa belonging to the Calcaxonia-Pennatulacea clade (Cornularia, Telestula) were included to root the tree. Clades that did not include any stoloniferans have been collapsed to triangles to facilitate readability. Solid circles on nodes indicate strong support from both maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses (bootstrap > 70%, pp > 0.95)