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The Xeniidae are a family of soft coral in the order Alcyonacea. Predatory sea slugs of the genus ''Phyllodesmium'' are reported to feed on Xeniidae species. Representatives of this family have been observed to provide shelter to juvenile fish. The family contains the following genera: *''Anthelia'' Lamarck, 1816 *''Asterospicularia'' Utinomi, 1951 *''Bayerxenia'' Alderslade, 2001 *''Ceratocaulon'' Jungersen, 1892 *''Cespitularia'' Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1850 *''Efflatounaria'' Gohar, 1939 *''Fasciclia'' Janes, 2008 *''Funginus'' Tixier-Durivault, 1987 *''Heteroxenia'' Koelliker, 1874 *''Ingotia'' Alderslade, 2001 *''Ixion'' Alderslade, 2001 * (name "Ixion" is preoccupied by Reitter, 1873〔http://www.ubio.org/NZ/search.php?search=Ixion&colname=on&colcomments=on&colcategory=on&colpublication=on&vol=&page=&limitambiguous=on〕 ) *''Orangaslia'' Alderslade, 2001 *''Ovabunda'' Alderslade, 2001 *''Sansibia'' Alderslade, 2000 *''Sarcothelia'' Verrill, 1928 *''Sympodium'' Ehrenberg, 1834 *''Xenia'' Lamarck, 1816 Image:Anthelia glauca.jpg|''Anthelia glauca'' Image:Reef4030 - Flickr - NOAA Photo Library.jpg|''Cespitularia sp.'' Image:Pulsating xenid, Heteroxenia fuscescens, a soft coral that pulsates rhythmically around 40 times a minute (6163181047).jpg|''Heteroxenia fuscescens'' Image:A-new-species-of-Ovabunda-(Octocorallia-Xeniidae)-from-the-Andaman-Sea-Thailand-with-notes-on-the-zookeys-431-001-g001.jpg|''Ovabunda andamanensis'' Image:Xenia umbellata.jpg|''Xenia umbellata'' Image:Phyllodesmium crypticum.jpg|This nudibranch (''Phyllodesmium crypticum'') mimics Xeniid corals it feeds on Image:Phyllodesmium rudmani.jpg|Cerates of a ''Phyllodesmium rudmani'' ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Xeniidae」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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