Klyxum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Octocorallia
Order: Alcyonacea
Family: Alcyoniidae
Genus: Klyxum
Alderslade, 2000

Klyxum is a genus of animals in the family Alcyoniidae.[1][2] They are commonly called cauliflower colt coral, or simply colt coral. These common names can also refer to the related genus Cladiella.

Range

Klyxum species are widespread throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific.[3]

Species

There are sixteen species currently classified in this genus.

  • Klyxum abrolhosum (Thorpe, 1928)
  • Klyxum adii Benayahu & Perkol-Finke, 2010
  • Klyxum brochi (Thorpe, 1928)
  • Klyxum confertum (Kükenthal, 1903)
  • Klyxum echinatum (Tixier-Durivault, 1970)
  • Klyxum equisetiform (Luttschwager, 1922)
  • Klyxum flaccidum (Tixier-Durivault, 1966)
  • Klyxum legitimum (Tixier-Durivault, 1970)
  • Klyxum molle (Thomson & Dean, 1931)
  • Klyxum okinawanum (Utinomi, 1976)
  • Klyxum rotundum (Thomson & Dean, 1931)
  • Klyxum simplex (Thomson & Dean, 1931)
  • Klyxum tuberculosa (Tixier-Durivault, 1970)
  • Klyxum utinomii (Verseveldt, 1971)
  • Klyxum viscidum (Utinomi, 1954)
  • Klyxum whitei (Thorpe, 1928)

References

  1. ↑ van Ofwegen, L. (2015). Klyxum Alderslade, 2000. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267533 on 2015-04-06
  2. ↑ "Taxonomy browser (Klyxum)". ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  3. ↑ Hoeksema, B.; van Ofwegen, L. "Genus Klyxum". Marine Species Identification Portal. ETI BioInformatics. Retrieved 6 April 2015.


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