Clavularia is a genus of 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 ...
. 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
''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 speci ...
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(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
''Clavularia frankliniana'' is a species of colonial soft coral in the family Clavulariidae. It is found in the southern Atlantic Ocean and the waters around Antarctica. It was first described in 1902 by the French zoologist Louis Roule.
Descr ...
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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
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 arcti ...
''
Tixier-Durivault, 1964
* ''
Clavularia novaezealandiae''
Brewin, 1945
* ''
Clavularia ornata''
Thomson & Dean, 1931
* ''
Clavularia pacifica''
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
References
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Octocorallia genera
Clavulariidae