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Xeniidae
Xeniidae is a family of soft coral in the order Alcyonacea. Predators 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. List of genera The family contains the following genera: Image:Anthelia glauca.jpg, ''Anthelia glauca'' Image:Reef4030 - Flickr - NOAA Photo Library.jpg, ''Cespitularia sp.'' Image:Pulsating xenid, Heteroxenia fuscescens, a soft coral that pulsates rhythmically around 40 times a minute (6163181047).jpg, ''Heteroxenia fuscescens'' Image:A-new-species-of-Ovabunda-(Octocorallia-Xeniidae)-from-the-Andaman-Sea-Thailand-with-notes-on-the-zookeys-431-001-g001.jpg, ''Ovabunda andamanensis'' Image:Xenia umbellata.jpg, ''Xenia umbellata'' Image:Phyllodesmium crypticum.jpg, This nudibranch (''Phyllodesmium crypticum'') mimics Xeniid corals it feeds on Image:Phyllodesmium rudmani.jpg, Cerates of a ''Phyllodesmium rudmani'' Reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthelia Glauca
''Anthelia glauca'', the giant anthelia, is a species of Alcyonacea, soft coral in the Family (biology), family Xeniidae. It is a Colony (biology), colonial species and is found in shallow water in the Indo-Pacific region. Description ''Anthelia glauca'' has large tubular polyp (zoology), polyps growing from a creeping mat that sometimes forms stolon-like fingers. The non-retractable polyps may be tall with a ring of eight slender, plume-like tentacles. The colour is usually white, pale grey, pale brown or bluish-white, and viewed from above, the polyps somewhat resemble snowflakes. Distribution and habitat ''Anthelia glauca'' is found on reefs in the Indo-Pacific region from the Red Sea to Hawaii, growing at depths between . Its range includes the eastern coast of Africa and at Sodwana Bay, this coral grows on reefs formed from fossilised sand-dunes, along with a few stony corals and a diverse population of other soft corals. It is probably the most common species in its genus. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ovabunda Andamanensis
''Ovabunda'' is a genus of soft corals in the family Xeniidae. Species The World Register of Marine Species The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is a taxonomic database that aims to provide an authoritative and comprehensive catalogue and list of names of marine organisms. Content The content of the registry is edited and maintained by scien ... lists the following species: *'' Ovabunda ainex '' (Reinicke, 1997) *'' Ovabunda andamanensis'' Janes, McFadden & Chanmethakul, 2014 *'' Ovabunda arabica'' (Reinicke, 1995) *'' Ovabunda benayahui'' (Reinicke, 1995) *'' Ovabunda biseriata'' (Verseveldt & Cohen, 1971) *'' Ovabunda crenata'' (Reinicke, 1997) *'' Ovabunda faraunenesis'' (Verseveldt & Cohen, 1971) *'' Ovabunda gohari'' (Reinicke, 1997) *'' Ovabunda hamsina'' (Reinicke, 1997) *'' Ovabunda impulsatilla'' (Verseveldt & Cohen, 1971) *'' Ovabunda macrospiculata'' (Gohar, 1940) *'' Ovabunda obscuronata'' (Verseveldt & Cohen, 1971) *'' Ovabunda ver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cespitularia
''Cespitularia'' is a genus of soft corals in the family Xeniidae. Species The World Register of Marine Species The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is a taxonomic database that aims to provide an authoritative and comprehensive catalogue and list of names of marine organisms. Content The content of the registry is edited and maintained by scien ... lists the following species: *'' Cespitularia coerula'' May, 1898 *'' Cespitularia densa'' Tixier-Durivault, 1966 *'' Cespitularia erecta'' Macfadyen, 1936 *'' Cespitularia exigua'' Verseveldt, 1970 *'' Cespitularia hypotentaculata'' Roxas, 1933 *'' Cespitularia infirmata'' Verseveldt, 1977 *'' Cespitularia mantoni'' Hickson, 1931 *'' Cespitularia mollis'' (Brundin, 1896) *'' Cespitularia multipinnata'' (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) *'' Cespitularia quadriserta'' Roxas, 1933 *'' Cespitularia robusta'' Tixier-Durivault, 1966 *'' Cespitularia schlichteri'' Janes, 2008 *'' Cespitularia simplex'' Thomson & Dean *'' Cespi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heteroxenia Fuscescens
The pulsating xenid (''Heteroxenia fuscescens'') is a species of soft coral in the family Xeniidae. The species was first described in 1834 by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg as ''Xenia fuscescens''. Description The polyps of ''Heteroxenia fuscescens'' grow to form large clumping colonies up to across. Its polyp stalks are approximately long, each stalk ending in a ring of large feathery pinnate tentacles, eight per polyp, as is typical of octocorals Polyps pulsate rhythmically around 40 times/ minute, moving their tentacles in a "pumping" or "pulsating" fashion. The function of this pulsing is not fully understood. Some hypotheses include creating a current to assist feeding, respiration, and helping to dispose of waste and detritus. It contains zooxanthellae, and draws most of its energy from these symbiotes.Lieske, E. and Myers, R.F. (2004) ''Coral reef guide; Red Sea'' London, HarperCollins Distribution These corals live on hard bottoms of lagoons and bays, and slopes w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alcyonacea
Alcyonacea is the old scientific order name for the informal group known as "soft corals". It is now an unaccepted name for class Octocorallia. It became deprecated . The following text should be considered a historical, outdated way of treating the taxonomy of Anthozoa and Octocorallia. Some, or many parts of it, are no longer valid. Any remaining information found to be still valid, should be carefully merged into Octocorallia. Alcyonacea are an order of sessile colonial cnidarians that are found throughout the oceans of the world, especially in the deep sea, polar waters, tropics and subtropics. Whilst not in a strict taxonomic sense, Alcyonacea are commonly known as soft corals. The term "soft coral" generally applies to organisms in the two orders Pennatulacea and Alcyonacea with their polyps embedded within a fleshy mass of coenenchymal tissue. Consequently, the term "gorgonian coral" is commonly handed to multiple species in the order Alcyonacea that produce a min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phyllodesmium
''Phyllodesmium'' is a genus of predatory sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Myrrhinidae.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Phyllodesmium'' Ehrenberg, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204424 on 2012-06-05 These nudibranchs occur in the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean and warm temperate waters of Japan, Tasmania and South Africa. The nudibranchs in this genus often show extraordinary mimicry, each species very closely resembling its prey species, which are octocorals, a kind of soft coral.Moore E. & Gosliner T. (18 August 2009)"Three new species of ''Phyllodesmium'' Ehrenberg (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia: Aeolidoidea), and a revised phylogenetic analysis" ''Zootaxa'' 2201: 30–48. Some of the species are also unusual in that they are able to utilize zooxanthellae from their prey, in a symbiotic relationship that provides them with extra nutrition from photosynthesis, hence they are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juvenile Fish
Fish go through various life stages between fertilization and adulthood. The life of fish start as spawned eggs which hatch into immotile larvae. These larval hatchlings are not yet capable of feeding themselves and carry a yolk sac which provides stored nutrition. Before the yolk sac completely disappears, the young fish must mature enough to be able to forage independently. When they have developed to the point where they are capable of feeding by themselves, the fish are called fry. When, in addition, they have developed scales and working fins, the transition to a juvenile fish is complete and it is called a fingerling, so called as they are typically about the size of human fingers. The juvenile stage lasts until the fish is fully grown, sexually mature and interacting with other adult fish. Growth stages Ichthyoplankton ''(planktonic or drifting fish)'' are the eggs and larvae of fish. They are usually found in the sunlit zone of the water column, less than 200 m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthelia (coral) {{!}} Anthelia , a rare optical phenomenon
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Anthelia may refer to: * ''Anthelia'' (coral), a genus of soft coral * ''Anthelia'' (plant), a genus of liverwort in the family Antheliaceae * The plural of Anthelion An anthelion (plural anthelia, from late Greek language, Greek ανθηλιος, "opposite the sun") is a rare optical phenomenon of the Halo (optical phenomenon), halo family. It appears on the parhelic circle opposite to the Sun as a faint whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sympodium (coral) {{!}} Sympodium
In botany, sympodial growth is a bifurcating branching pattern where one branch develops more strongly than the other, resulting in the stronger branches forming the primary shoot and the weaker branches appearing laterally. A sympodium, also referred to as a sympode or pseudaxis, is the primary shoot, comprising the stronger branches, formed during sympodial growth. The pattern is similar to dichotomous branching; it is characterized by branching along stems or hyphae. Sympodial growth occurs when the apical meristem is terminated and growth is continued by one or more lateral meristems, which repeat the process. The apical meristem may be consumed to make an inflorescence or other determinate structure, or it may be aborted. Types If the sympodium is always formed on the same side of the branch bifurcation, e.g. always on the right side, the branching structure is called a helicoid cyme or bostryx. If the sympodium occurs alternately, e.g. on the right and then the left, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unomia (coral) {{!}} Unomia
Keith Kenniff is a Canadian-American composer, multi-instrumentalist, and electronic music producer. He composes ambient/electronic music under the moniker Helios and post-classical piano music under Goldmund. He is also one half of the independent music, indie band Mint Julep, and ambient project A Pale Fire (previously Hollie & Keith Kenniff). Kenniff is also a composer for film, television, dance and performance art. In 2010, he created the record label, Unseen. He composed the song "Years" for Facebook's 'A Look Back' feature, as well as composing the soundtrack for the Emmy Award winning documentary, ''Blood Road (film), Blood Road''. Biography Kenniff graduated from Berklee College of Music in 2006 with a B.A. in percussion and composition. In 2004, ''Unomia'', Kenniff's first album under the moniker 'Helios', was released. This was followed by the critically acclaimed album ''Eingya'' in 2006. His third album, ''Caesura'', was released in 2008. Kenniff also records and p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xenia (coral) {{!}} Xenia
Xenia may refer to: People * Xenia (name), a feminine given name; includes a list of people with this name Places United States ''listed alphabetically by state'' * Xenia, Illinois, a village in Clay County ** Xenia Township, Clay County, Illinois * Xenia, Illinois, a city in Logan County now known as Atlanta * Xenia, Indiana, a town in Miami County now known as Converse * Xenia, Dallas County, Iowa, an unincorporated community * Xenia, Hardin County, Iowa, an unincorporated community * Xenia, Kansas, an unincorporated community in Bourbon County * Xenia, Missouri, an extinct community * Xenia, Ohio, a city in Greene County ** Xenia Township, Greene County, Ohio Elsewhere * Xenia Hill, in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica Hospitality * Xenia (Greek), the ancient Greek concept of hospitality, translated as "guest-friendship" ** ''Xenia'' motif, the representation of a host's generosity to his guests * Xenia (hotel), a now-defunct chain of state-owned hotels in Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
