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 arctica (Sars, 1860) Clavularia armata Thomson, 1927 Clavularia australiensis Hickson, 1894 Clavularia bathybius (Saville Kent, 1870) Clavularia borealis Koren & Danielsen, 1883 Clavularia capensis (Studer, 1879) Clavularia carpediem Weinberg, 1986 Clavularia charoti (Tixier-Durivault & d'Hondt, 1974) Clavularia concreta Studer, 1901 Clavularia crassa (Milne Edwards, 1848) Clavularia crosslandi Thomson & Henderson, 1906 Clavularia cylindrica Wright & Studer, 1889 Clavularia delicatula Thomson & Dean, 1931 Clavularia densum (Tixier-Durivault & d'Hondt, 1974) Clavularia desjardiniana (Templeton, 1835) Clavularia diademata Broch, 1939 Clavularia dispersa Kükenthal, 1906 Clavularia durum Hickson, 1930 Clavularia eburnea Kükenthal, 1906 Clavularia elongata Wright & Studer, 1889 Clavularia expansa Thomson & Dean, 1931 Clavularia filiformis (Sars, 1856) Clavularia filippi (Kölliker, 1864) Clavularia flava May, 1899 Clavularia frankliniana Roule, 1902 Clavularia frigida Danielssen, 1887 Clavularia garcia Hickson, 1894 Clavularia grandiflora (Nutting, 1908) Clavularia griegii Madsen, 1944 Clavularia inflata Schenk, 1896 Clavularia koellikeri (Dean, 1927) Clavularia laxa Tixier-Durivault, 1966 Clavularia levidensis Madsen, 1944 Clavularia longissima May, 1898 Clavularia magelhaenica Studer, 1878 Clavularia margaritaceum (Grieg, 1888) Clavularia margaritferae Thomson & Henderson, 1905 Clavularia marioni (Von Koch, 1891) Clavularia mikado Utinomi, 1955 Clavularia modesta (Verrill, 1874) Clavularia mollis Thomson & Henderson, 1906 Clavularia morbesbii Hickson, 1915 Clavularia multispiculosa Utinomi, 1955 Clavularia notanda Tixier-Durivault, 1964 Clavularia novaezealandiae Brewin, 1945 Clavularia ornata Thomson & Dean, 1931 Clavularia pacifica Kükenthal, 1913 Clavularia papaya Kükenthal, 1913 Clavularia parva Tixier-Durivault, 1964 Clavularia parvula Thomson & Henderson, 1906 Clavularia peterseni Kükenthal, 1906 Clavularia pregnans Thomson & Henderson, 1906 Clavularia primula (Dana, 1846) Clavularia pulchra Thomson & Henderson, 1906 Clavularia purpurascens (Dana, 1846) Clavularia racemosa Utinomi, 1950 Clavularia ramosa Hickson, 1894 Clavularia repens Thomson & Henderson, 1906 Clavularia reptans Hickson, 1894 Clavularia rigida Broch, 1935 Clavularia spongicola Utinomi, 1955 Clavularia stormi Koren & Danielsen, 1883 Clavularia strumosa (Dana, 1846) Clavularia tenuis Tixier-Durivault & d´Hondt, 1974 Clavularia thalassanthos (Lesson, 1830) Clavularia thompsoni Benham, 1928 Clavularia venustella Madsen, 1944 Clavularia viridis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) Clavularia zanzibarensis Thomson & Henderson, 1906