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Xeniid in the Red Sea, DF Pic
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<To do: make chart differentiating different Xeniid genera:
Criteria: size of colonies, arrangement of polyps, number of rows of
pinnules...>
Genus Anthelia Lamarck 1816: Clusters of polyps all arising
from a united stolon base that is soft, ribbon-like. Polyp pinnules in
rows of 1-4 in number; slightly contractile, not retractile; some
don't even respond to touch. Unlike Heteroxenia and Xenia species,
Anthelia colonies branch at their base of attachment.
| Anthelia sp. (perhaps A. flava) N.
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| Anthelia glauca, Red Sea. |
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