| system | Vitae - living organisms |
| domain | Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 - lifeforms with nucletic cells |
| superregnum | Unikonta |
| system | Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith, 1987 |
| kingdom | Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals |
| subregnum | Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 |
| divisio | Radiata Linnaeus, 1758 |
| phylum | Cnidaria Hatschek, 1888 - anemones, corals and jellyfish |
| class | Anthozoa Ehrenberg, 1834 |
| subclass | Octocorallia Haeckel, 1866 |
| order | Alcyonacea Lamouroux, 1816 - soft corals |
| suborder | Calcaxonia |
| family | Ellisellidae Gray, 1859 |
| genus | Ctenocella Valenciennes, 1855 |
| species | Ctenocella schmitti (Bayer, 1961) |