''Klyxum'' is a
genus 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
''Klyxum'' is a genus of animals in the family Alcyoniidae. They are commonly called cauliflower colt coral, or simply colt coral. These common names can also refer to the related genus '' Cladiella.''
Range
''Klyxum'' species are widespread t ...
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(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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