Biology:Heteroxenia

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Short description: Genus of corals

Heteroxenia
Pulsating xenid, Heteroxenia fuscescens, a soft coral that pulsates rhythmically around 40 times a minute (6163181047).jpg
Heteroxenia fuscescens
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Octocorallia
Order: Alcyonacea
Family: Xeniidae
Genus: Heteroxenia
Koelliker, 1874[1]
Species

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Heteroxenia is a genus of soft corals in the family Xeniidae.

Species

The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species:[1]

  • Heteroxenia bauiana May, 1900
  • Heteroxenia elisabethae Kölliker, 1874
  • Heteroxenia fuscescens (Ehrenberg, 1834)
  • Heteroxenia ghardaquensis Gohar, 1940
  • Heteroxenia lighti Roxas, 1933
  • Heteroxenia medioensis Roxas, 1933
  • Heteroxenia membranacea Schenk, 1896
  • Heteroxenia mindorensis Roxas, 1933
  • Heteroxenia minuta Roxas, 1933
  • Heteroxenia palmae Roxas, 1933
  • Heteroxenia philippinensis Roxas, 1933
  • Heteroxenia pinnata Roxas, 1933
  • Heteroxenia rigida (May, 1899)
  • Heteroxenia uniserta (Kükenthal, 1902)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1616236 entry