Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Classis: Anthozoa
Subclassis: Alcyonaria
Ordo: Alcyonacea
Subordo: Alcyoniina
Familia: Xeniidae
Genera (19): Anthelia – Asterospicularia – Bayerxenia – Caementabunda – Cespitularia – Conglomeratusclera – Efflatounaria – Ezziona – Fasciclia – Funginus – Heteroxenia – Ingotia – Orangaslia – Ovabunda – Sansibia – Sarcothelia – Sympodium – Xenia – Yamazatum
Name
Xeniidae Ehrenberg, 1828
References
Benayahu, Y., van Ofwegen, L.P. & McFadden, C.S. 2018. Evaluating the genus Cespitularia Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1850 with descriptions of new genera of the family Xeniidae (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). ZooKeys 754: 63–101. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.754.23368. Reference page.
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Koido, T., Imahara, Y. & Fukami, H. 2019. High species diversity of the soft coral family Xeniidae (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) in the temperate region of Japan revealed by morphological and molecular analyses. Zookeys, 862: 1–22. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.862.31979 Reference page.
Koido, T., Imahara, Y. & Fukami, H. 2022. Xenia konohana sp. nov. (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea), a new soft coral species in the family Xeniidae from Miyazaki, Japan. ZooKeys 1085ː 29–49. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1085.77924 Open access Reference page.
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.[1]
List of genera
The family contains the following genera:[2]
Anthelia Lamarck, 1816
Asterospicularia Utinomi, 1951
Bayerxenia Alderslade, 2001
Caementabunda Benayahu, van Ofwegen & McFadden, 2018
Conglomeratusclera Benayahu, van Ofwegen & McFadden, 2018
Ezziona Alderslade & Janes, 2017
Fasciclia Janes, 2008
Funginus Tixier-Durivault, 1978
Heteroxenia Kölliker, 1874
Ingotia Alderslade, 2001
Latissimia Benayahu, Ekins & McFadden, 2022
Orangaslia Alderslade, 2001
Ovabunda Alderslade, 2001
Quattuoria Benayahu & McFadden, 2022
Sansibia Alderslade, 2000
Sarcothelia Verrill, 1928
Sympodium Ehrenberg, 1834
Unomia Benayahu, van Ofwegen, Allais & McFadden, 2021
Xenia Lamarck, 1816
Yamazatum Benayahu, 2010
References
Bos, Arthur R (2016). "Soft corals provide microhabitat for camouflaged juveniles of the Blackspotted wrasse Macropharyngodon meleagris (Labridae)". Marine Biodiversity. 46 (1): 299–301. doi:10.1007/s12526-015-0332x.
"Xeniidae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
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