Klyxum

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.

Klyxum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Alcyonacea
Family: Alcyoniidae
Genus: Klyxum
Alderslade, 2000

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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