''Klyxum'' is a
genus
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of animals in the family
. They are commonly called cauliflower colt coral, or simply colt coral. These
common name
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s can also refer to the related genus ''
Cladiella.''
Range
''Klyxum'' species are widespread throughout the tropical
Indo-Pacific
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In a narrow sense, sometimes known as the Indo-West Pacific or Indo-Pacific Asia, it comprises the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the ...
.
Species
There are sixteen species currently classified in this genus.
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Klyxum abrolhosum''
(Thorpe, 1928)
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Klyxum adii''
Benayahu & Perkol-Finke, 2010
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Klyxum brochi''
(Thorpe, 1928)
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Klyxum confertum''
(Kükenthal, 1903)
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Klyxum echinatum''
(Tixier-Durivault, 1970)
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Klyxum equisetiform''
(Luttschwager, 1922)
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Klyxum flaccidum''
(Tixier-Durivault, 1966)
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Klyxum legitimum''
(Tixier-Durivault, 1970)
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Klyxum molle''
(Thomson & Dean, 1931)
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Klyxum okinawanum''
(Utinomi, 1976)
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Klyxum rotundum''
(Thomson & Dean, 1931)
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Klyxum simplex''
(Thomson & Dean, 1931)
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Klyxum tuberculosa''
(Tixier-Durivault, 1970)
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Klyxum utinomii''
(Verseveldt, 1971)
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Klyxum viscidum''
(Utinomi, 1954)
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Klyxum whitei''
(Thorpe, 1928)
References
Alcyoniidae
Octocorallia genera
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