Clavulariidae
| Clavulariidae | |
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| Clavularia crassa with eggs | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Octocorallia |
| Order: | Alcyonacea |
| Suborder: | Stolonifera |
| Family: | Clavulariidae Hickson, 1894 [1] |
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Clavulariidae is a family of soft corals in the suborder Stolonifera. Colonies in this family consist of separate retractable polyps growing from a horizontal, encrusting stolon or basal membrane. The tissues are stiffened by sclerites.
Genera[]
The World Register of Marine Species includes the following genera in the family:[1]
- Benayahu, McFadden & Shoham, 2017
- (Lopez Gonzalez & Gili, 2001)
- Bayer, 1981
- Carijoa Mueller, 1867
- Clavularia Blainville, 1830
- Cryptophyton Williams, 2000
- Cyathopodium Verrill, 1868
- Ocaña & van Ofwegen, 2003
- McFadden & van Ofwegen, 2012
- van Ofwegen, Häussermann & Försterra, 2007
- Knopia Alderslade & McFadden, 2007
- Alderslade, 2001
- Utinomi, 1958
- Alderslade & McFadden, 2011
- Versluys, 1907
- Bayer, 1981
- de Lacaze-Duthiers, 1900
- Forbes (in Johnston), 1847
- Studer, 1891
- Studer, 1878
- Bayer, 1981
- Hickson, 1930
- Bayer, 1981
- Ofwegen & Haddad, 2011
- Lamouroux, 1812
- Madsen, 1944
- Bayer, 1981
- Verrill, 1922
References[]
- ^ a b van Ofwegen, Leen (2014). "Clavulariidae Hickson, 1894". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2015-03-22.
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