Heteroxenia

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Heteroxenia
Pulsating xenid, Heteroxenia fuscescens, a soft coral that pulsates rhythmically around 40 times a minute (6163181047).jpg
Heteroxenia fuscescens
Scientific classification e
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]

  • May, 1900
  • Kölliker, 1874
  • Heteroxenia fuscescens (Ehrenberg, 1834)
  • Gohar, 1940
  • Roxas, 1933
  • Roxas, 1933
  • Schenk, 1896
  • Roxas, 1933
  • Roxas, 1933
  • Roxas, 1933
  • Roxas, 1933
  • Roxas, 1933
  • (May, 1899)
  • (Kükenthal, 1902)

References[]

  1. ^ a b van Ofwegen, Leen (2010). "Heteroxenia". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved May 27, 2015.


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