''Cespitularia'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
soft coral
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The following text should be considered a historical, outdated way of treatin ...
s in the family
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 ...
.
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:
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*'' 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
*'' Cespitularia stolonifera'' Gohar, 1938
*'' Cespitularia subviridus'' (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
*'' Cespitularia taeniata'' May, 1899
*'' Cespitularia turgida'' Verseveldt, 1971
*'' Cespitularia wisharti'' Hickson, 1931
]
References
Xeniidae
Octocorallia genera
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