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Xenia (coral)

Xenia is a genus of photosynthetic soft marine coral in the family Xeniidae. They resemble a mushroom, with "arms" coming out from the top that ends in many-fingered "hands". It is unique among corals because of its ability to use its "hands" to "pulse" or push water away from the colony in a constant, grabbing motion. Common names include fast-pulse Xenia. Species of Xenia are sometimes referred to as pulse corals.

Species
The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species: • Xenia actuosa Verseveldt & Tursch, 1979 • Xenia amparoi Roxas, 1933 • Xenia antarctica Kükenthal, 1902 • Xenia bauiana May, 1899 • Xenia crassa Schenk, 1896 • Xenia crispitentaculata Verseveldt, 1977 • Xenia cylindrica Roxas, 1933 • Xenia danae Verrill, 1869 • Xenia dayi Tixier-Durivault, 1959 • Xenia delicata Roxas, 1933 • Xenia depressa Kükenthal, 1909 • Xenia distorta Tixier-Durivault, 1966 • Xenia elongata Dana, 1846 • Xenia fimbriata Utinomi, 1955 • Xenia fisheri Roxas, 1933 • Xenia flava Roxas, 1933 • Xenia florida (Lesson, 1826) • Xenia fusca Schenk, 1896 • Xenia garciae Bourne, 1894 • Xenia grasshoffi Verseveldt, 1974 • Xenia hicksoni Ashworth, 1899 • Xenia humilis Verseveldt, 1977 • Xenia intermedia Roxas, 1933 • Xenia kukenthali Roxas, 1933 • Xenia kusimotoensis Utinomi, 1955 • Xenia lepida Verseveldt, 1971 • Xenia lillieae Roxas, 1933 • Xenia medusoides May, 1899 • Xenia membranacea Schenk, 1896 • Xenia mucosa Verseveldt & Tursch, 1979 • Xenia multipinnata (Tixier-Durivault, 1966) • Xenia multispiculata Kükenthal, 1909 • Xenia nana Hickson, 1930 • Xenia novaebritanniae Ashworth, 1900 • Xenia novaecaledoniae Verseveldt, 1974 • Xenia plicata Schenk, 1896 • Xenia puertogalerae Roxas, 1933 • Xenia pulsitans Kent, 1893 • Xenia quinqueserta May, 1899 • Xenia rubens Schenk, 1896 • Xenia samoensis Kölliker • Xenia sansibariana May, 1899 • Xenia schenki Roxas, 1933 • Xenia sexseriata Verseveldt, 1977 • Xenia spicata Li, 1982 • Xenia stellifera Verseveldt, 1977 • Xenia ternatana Schenk, 1896 • Xenia tripartita Roxas, 1933 • Xenia tumbatuana May, 1898 • Xenia umbellata Lamarck, 1816 • Xenia viridis Schenk, 1896 • Xenia viridus Schenk, 1896 == References ==
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