Xenia (coral)
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Octocorallia |
| Order: | Alcyonacea |
| Family: | Xeniidae |
| Genus: | Xenia Lamarck, 1816[1] |
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Xenia is a genus of photosynthetic soft marine coral in the family Xeniidae. They resemble a mushroom, with "arms" coming out from the top that end in many-fingered "hands". It is unique among corals because of its ability to use its "hands" to "pulse" or push water away from the colony in a constant, grabbing motion. Common names include fast-pulse Xenia. Species of Xenia are sometimes referred to as pulse corals.[2]
History
Xenus was first named in 1816 as a genus of marine species by French naturalist and botanist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck.
The species of soft coral was inaugurated in studies of research in 1931 by Egyptian oceanographer Hamed Gohar.
Species
The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species:[1]
- Xenia actuosa Verseveldt & Tursch, 1979
- Xenia amparoi Roxas, 1933
- Xenia antarctica Kükenthal, 1902
- Xenia bauiana May, 1899
- Xenia crassa Schenk, 1896
- Xenia crispitentaculata Verseveldt, 1977
- Xenia cylindrica Roxas, 1933
- Xenia danae Verrill, 1869
- Xenia dayi Tixier-Durivault, 1959
- Xenia delicata Roxas, 1933
- Xenia depressa Kükenthal, 1909
- Xenia distorta Tixier-Durivault, 1966
- Xenia elongata Dana, 1846
- Xenia fimbriata Utinomi, 1955
- Xenia fisheri Roxas, 1933
- Xenia flava Roxas, 1933
- Xenia florida (Lesson, 1826)
- Xenia fusca Schenk, 1896
- Xenia garciae Bourne, 1894
- Xenia grasshoffi Verseveldt, 1974
- Xenia hicksoni Ashworth, 1899
- Xenia humilis Verseveldt, 1977
- Xenia intermedia Roxas, 1933
- Xenia kukenthali Roxas, 1933
- Xenia kusimotoensis Utinomi, 1955
- Xenia lepida Verseveldt, 1971
- Xenia lillieae Roxas, 1933
- Xenia medusoides May, 1899
- Xenia membranacea Schenk, 1896
- Xenia mucosa Verseveldt & Tursch, 1979
- Xenia multipinnata (Tixier-Durivault, 1966)
- Xenia multispiculata Kükenthal, 1909
- Xenia nana Hickson, 1930
- Xenia novaebritanniae Ashworth, 1900
- Xenia novaecaledoniae Verseveldt, 1974
- Xenia plicata Schenk, 1896
- Xenia puertogalerae Roxas, 1933
- Xenia pulsitans Kent, 1893
- Xenia quinqueserta May, 1899
- Xenia rubens Schenk, 1896
- Xenia samoensis Kölliker
- Xenia sansibariana May, 1899
- Xenia schenki Roxas, 1933
- Xenia sexseriata Verseveldt, 1977
- Xenia spicata Li, 1982
- Xenia stellifera Verseveldt, 1977
- Xenia ternatana Schenk, 1896
- Xenia tripartita Roxas, 1933
- Xenia tumbatuana May, 1898
- Xenia umbellata Lamarck, 1816
- Xenia viridis Schenk, 1896
- Xenia viridus Schenk, 1896
References
- ^ a b van Ofwegen, L. (2015). "Xenia Lamarck, 1816". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2015-07-03.
- ^ "ReefCorner Inc. Fast Pulse Xenia: Xenia elongata". Retrieved 2015-02-09.
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