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Clavulariidae
Clavulariidae is a family of soft corals in the suborder Stolonifera. Colonies in this family consist of separate retractable polyps growing from a horizontal, encrusting stolon or basal membrane. The tissues are stiffened by sclerites. Genera The World Register of Marine Species The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is a taxonomic database that aims to provide an authoritative and comprehensive list of names of marine organisms. Content The content of the registry is edited and maintained by scientific specialis ... includes the following genera in the family: *'' Altumia'' Benayahu, McFadden & Shoham, 2017 *'' Azoriella'' (Lopez Gonzalez & Gili, 2001) *'' Bathytelesto'' Bayer, 1981 *'' Carijoa'' Mueller, 1867 *'' Clavularia'' Blainville, 1830 *'' Cryptophyton'' Williams, 2000 *'' Cyathopodium'' Verrill, 1868 *'' Denhartogia'' Ocaña & van Ofwegen, 2003 *'' Inconstantia'' McFadden & van Ofwegen, 2012 *'' Incrustatus'' van Ofwegen, Häussermann & Försterra, 2007 ...
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Clavularia Crassa
''Clavularia crassa'' is a species of colonial soft coral in the family Clavulariidae. It is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. It was first described in 1848 by the French zoologist Henri Milne-Edwards from a specimen collected off the coast of Algeria. Description ''Clavularia crassa'' forms small colonies of up to about fifty individual polyps growing from a stolon. This grows along the surface of the substrate and it, and the bases of the polyps, are orangish-brown. Each polyp is up to long and wide. The column is slender and creamy-white and the eight long, feathery tentacles are either transparent white, or colourless flecked with white. The oral surface is stiffened by calcareous sclerites. Other soft corals with which this species might be confused include '' Cornularia cornucopiae'' and '' Sarcodictyon catenatum''. ''C. cornucopiae'' has shorter polyps and narrower stolons, and its tissues does not contain sclerites. ''S. catenatum'' h ...
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Carijoa
''Carijoa'' is a genus of soft corals in the family Clavulariidae. Species The World Register of Marine Species includes the following species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ... in the genus: *'' Carijoa multiflora'' (Laackman, 1909) *'' Carijoa operculata'' (Bayer, 1961) *'' Carijoa riisei'' (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) *'' Carijoa rupicola'' Mueller, 1867 References Octocorallia genera Clavulariidae {{Octocorallia-stub ...
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Knopia
''Knopia'' is a monotypic genus of corals belonging to the family Clavulariidae. The only species is ''Knopia octocontacanalis''. The species is found in Malesia Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms, and also a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical Kingdom. It has been given different definitions. The .... References Octocorallia genera Clavulariidae Monotypic cnidarian genera {{Octocorallia-stub ...
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Cryptophyton
''Cryptophyton'' is a genus of corals belonging to the family Clavulariidae Clavulariidae is a family of soft corals in the suborder Stolonifera. Colonies in this family consist of separate retractable polyps growing from a horizontal, encrusting stolon or basal membrane. The tissues are stiffened by sclerites. Gener .... The species of this genus are found in Northern America. Species: *'' Cryptophyton goddardi'' *'' Cryptophyton jedsmithi'' References Octocorallia genera Clavulariidae {{Octocorallia-stub ...
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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 * '' C ...
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Cyathopodium
''Cyathopodium'' is a genus of soft corals in the family Clavulariidae Clavulariidae is a family of soft corals in the suborder Stolonifera. Colonies in this family consist of separate retractable polyps growing from a horizontal, encrusting stolon or basal membrane. The tissues are stiffened by sclerites. Gener .... References External links * * Octocorallia genera Clavulariidae {{Octocorallia-stub ...
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Stolonifera
Stolonifera is a suborder of soft corals in the order Alcyonacea. Members of this taxon are characterised by having separate polyps budding off an encrusting horizontal, branching stolon. The skeletons include spicules or consists of a horny external cuticle. These soft corals are found in shallow tropical and temperate seas. Families According to the World Register of Marine Species, the following families are included in this suborder: * Acrossotidae * Arulidae * Clavulariidae * Coelogorgiidae * Cornulariidae * Pseudogorgiidae * Tubiporidae ''Tubipora'' is a genus of soft coral. It is the only genus within the monotypic family Tubiporidae. Species The following species are recognized: * '' Tubipora chamissonis'' Ehrenberg, 1834 * '' Tubipora fimbriata'' Dana, 1846 * '' Tubipora ... References Alcyonacea Cnidarian suborders {{Octocorallia-stub ...
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Alcyonacea
Alcyonacea, or soft corals, are an order of corals. In addition to the fleshy soft corals, the order Alcyonacea now contains all species previously known as "gorgonian corals", that produce a more or less hard skeleton, though quite different from "true" corals (Scleractinia). These can be found in suborders Holaxonia, Scleraxonia, and Stolonifera. They are sessile colonial cnidarians that are found throughout the oceans of the world, especially in the deep sea, polar waters, tropics and subtropics. Common names for subsets of this order are sea fans and sea whips; others are similar to the sea pens of related order Pennatulacea. Individual tiny polyps form colonies that are normally erect, flattened, branching, and reminiscent of a fan. Others may be whiplike, bushy, or even encrusting. A colony can be several feet high and across, but only a few inches thick. They may be brightly coloured, often purple, red, or yellow. Photosynthetic gorgonians can be successfully kept in c ...
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Stolon
In biology, stolons (from Latin '' stolō'', genitive ''stolōnis'' – "branch"), also known as runners, are horizontal connections between organisms. They may be part of the organism, or of its skeleton; typically, animal stolons are external skeletons. In botany In botany, stolons are stems which grow at the soil surface or just below ground that form adventitious roots at the nodes, and new plants from the buds. Stolons are often called runners. Rhizomes, in contrast, are root-like stems that may either grow horizontally at the soil surface or in other orientations underground. Thus, not all horizontal stems are called stolons. Plants with stolons are called stoloniferous. A stolon is a plant propagation strategy and the complex of individuals formed by a mother plant and all its clones produced from stolons form a single genetic individual, a genet. Morphology Stolons may or may not have long internodes. The leaves along the stolon are usually very small, but in a few ...
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