Sarcophyton elegans is a mushroom leather coral (order Alcyonacea, family Alcyoniidae) found in shallow Indo-Pacific reef environments, forming characteristic mushroom-shaped or toadstool-like colonies with a stalk and broad, folded cap covered in feeding polyps. The genus Sarcophyton produces a diverse array of cembranoid diterpenes, secondary metabolites with documented cytotoxic, anti-inflammatory, and antifungal properties of significant pharmaceutical interest. Genomic data have been generated for this species and are available in public databases, enabling comparative studies of cnidarian evolution and ecology.