Xeniidae
| Xeniidae | |
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| Heteroxenia fuscescens | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Anthozoa |
| Order: | Alcyonacea |
| Family: | Xeniidae Ehrenberg, 1828 |
The Xeniidae are a family of soft coral in the order Alcyonacea. Predatory sea slugs of the genus Phyllodesmium are reported to feed on Xeniidae species. Representatives of this family have been observed to provide shelter to juvenile fish. [1] The family contains the following genera:[2]
- Anthelia Lamarck, 1816
- Asterospicularia Utinomi, 1951
- Bayerxenia Alderslade, 2001
- Ceratocaulon Jungersen, 1892
- Cespitularia Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1850
- Efflatounaria Gohar, 1939
- Fasciclia Janes, 2008
- Funginus Tixier-Durivault, 1987
- Heteroxenia Koelliker, 1874
- Ingotia Alderslade, 2001
- Ixion Alderslade, 2001* [genus name "Ixion" is preoccupied by Reitter, 1873[3]]
- Orangaslia Alderslade, 2001
- Ovabunda Alderslade, 2001
- Sansibia Alderslade, 2000
- Sarcothelia Verrill, 1928
- Sympodium Ehrenberg, 1834
- Xenia Lamarck, 1816
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Cespitularia sp.
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Heteroxenia fuscescens
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This nudibranch (Phyllodesmium crypticum) mimics Xeniid corals it feeds on
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Cerates of a Phyllodesmium rudmani
References
- ↑ Bos AR (2015). "Soft corals provide microhabitat for camouflaged juveniles of the Blackspotted wrasse Macropharyngodon meleagris (Labridae)". Marine Biodiversity. doi:10.1007/s12526-015-0332-x.
- ↑ Leen van Ofwegen (2011). "Xeniidae". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
- ↑ http://www.ubio.org/NZ/search.php?search=Ixion&colname=on&colcomments=on&colcategory=on&colpublication=on&vol=&page=&limitambiguous=on
External links
Data related to Xeniidae at Wikispecies