Clavulariidae is a

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

soft corals Octocorallia, along with Hexacorallia, is one of the two extant classes of Anthozoa. It comprises over 3,000 species of marine and brackish animals consisting of colonial polyps with 8-fold symmetry, commonly referred informally as "soft cora ...

in the suborder

Stolonifera Stolonifera is a suborder of soft corals in the order Alcyonacea. Members of this taxon are characterised by having separate polyps budding off an encrusting horizontal, branching stolon. The skeletons include spicules or consists of a horny exte ...

. Colonies in this family consist of separate retractable polyps growing from a horizontal, encrusting

stolon In biology, a stolon ( from Latin ''wikt:stolo, stolō'', genitive ''stolōnis'' – "branch"), also known as a runner, is a horizontal connection between parts of an organism. It may be part of the organism, or of its skeleton. Typically, animal ...

or basal membrane. The tissues are stiffened by

sclerite A sclerite (Greek language, Greek , ', meaning "hardness, hard") is a hardened body part. In various branches of biology the term is applied to various structures, but not as a rule to vertebrate anatomical features such as bones and teeth. Instea ...

Genera

The

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includes the following

genera Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial s ...

in the family: *'' Altumia'' Benayahu, McFadden & Shoham, 2017 *'' Azoriella'' (Lopez Gonzalez & Gili, 2001) *'' Bathytelesto'' Bayer, 1981 *'' Carijoa'' Mueller, 1867 *''

Clavularia Clavularia is a genus of corals in the family Clavulariidae. They are often referred by the common names star polyps or clove polyps. Species There are 69 accepted species in this genus: * '' Clavularia alba'' (Grieg, 1888) * '' Clavularia arc ...

'' Blainville, 1830 *'' Cryptophyton'' Williams, 2000 *''

Cyathopodium ''Cyathopodium'' is a genus of soft corals in the family Clavulariidae Clavulariidae is a family (biology), family of Alcyonacea, soft corals in the suborder Stolonifera. Colonies in this family consist of separate retractable polyp (zoology), ...

'' Verrill, 1868 *'' Denhartogia'' Ocaña & van Ofwegen, 2003 *'' Inconstantia'' McFadden & van Ofwegen, 2012 *'' Incrustatus'' van Ofwegen, Häussermann & Försterra, 2007 *'' Knopia'' Alderslade & McFadden, 2007 *'' Moolabalia'' Alderslade, 2001 *'' Paratelesto'' Utinomi, 1958 *'' Phenganax'' Alderslade & McFadden, 2011 *'' Pseudocladochonus'' Versluys, 1907 *'' Rhodelinda'' Bayer, 1981 *'' Rolandia'' de Lacaze-Duthiers, 1900 *'' Sarcodictyon'' Forbes (in Johnston), 1847 *'' Schizophytum'' Studer, 1891 *'' Scleranthelia'' Studer, 1878 *'' Scyphopodium'' Bayer, 1981 *'' Stereosoma'' Hickson, 1930 *'' Stereotelesto'' Bayer, 1981 *'' Stragulum'' Ofwegen & Haddad, 2011 *'' Telesto'' Lamouroux, 1812 *'' Telestula'' Madsen, 1944 *'' Tesseranthelia'' Bayer, 1981 *'' Trachythela'' Verrill, 1922

References

Stolonifera Cnidarian families {{Octocorallia-stub