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Heteroxenia
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumCnidaria
- ClassAnthozoa
- OrderMalacalcyonacea
- FamilyXeniidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 93
- With media
- 18
- Family
- Xeniidae
- Collections
- CAS, YPM, NHMUK, QM
- Recorded in
- Philippines, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles, Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The, Kenya, Australia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Xeniidae
- Image
- Pulsating xenid, Heteroxenia fuscescens, a soft coral that pulsates rhythmically around 40 times a minute (6163181047).jpg
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- Heteroxenia
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Heteroxenia
- taxon author citation
- Koelliker, 1874
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Heteroxenia is a genus of soft corals in the family Xeniidae.
==Species== The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species: Heteroxenia bauiana May, 1900 Heteroxenia elisabethae Kölliker, 1874 Heteroxenia fuscescens (Ehrenberg, 1834) Heteroxenia ghardaquensis Gohar, 1940 Heteroxenia lighti Roxas, 1933 Heteroxenia medioensis Roxas, 1933 Heteroxenia membranacea Schenk, 1896 Heteroxenia mindorensis Roxas, 1933 Heteroxenia minuta Roxas, 1933 Heteroxenia palmae Roxas, 1933 Heteroxenia philippinensis Roxas, 1933 Heteroxenia pinnata Roxas, 1933 Heteroxenia rigida (May, 1899) Heteroxenia uniserta (Kükenthal, 1902)
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