Clavulariidae

Clavulariidae
Clavularia crassa with eggs
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Subphylum: Anthozoa
Class: Octocorallia
Order: Malacalcyonacea
Family: Clavulariidae
Hickson, 1894
Genera
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Clavulariidae is a family of soft corals in the order Malacalcyonacea. 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 includes the following genera in the family:


Before a 2022 taxonomic revision of Octocorallia, the following genera were also included:

References

  1. 1 2 3 World List of Octocorallia. McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (eds.). "Malacalcyonacea". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  2. ↑ McFadden, Catherine S.; Van Ofwegen, Leen P.; Quattrini, Andrea M. (2022). "Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics". Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists. 1 (3). doi:10.18061/bssb.v1i3.8735.
  3. ↑ van Ofwegen, Leen (2014). "Clavulariidae Hickson, 1894". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 2015-03-22.