Soft Corals and Leathers
36 entries in the Soft Corals and Leathers compendium.
AlcyonaceaA former order of soft corals now reclassified into Malacalcyonacea and Scleralcyonacea.CalcaxoniaFormer octocoral suborder, now largely placed in Scleralcyonacea.GorgonianSoft corals with feather-like tentacles and no stony skeleton.HolaxoniaFormer octocorallian suborder now absorbed into Malacalcyonacea.ScleralcyonaceaAn order of Octocorallia uniting calcified and pennatulacean corals.ScleraxoniaA suborder of corals with calcified spicule or fibre axes.AlcyoniidaeLeathery or soft corals with two polyp types.AlcyoniumAlcyonium is a genus of soft corals known as dead men's finger.Alcyonium acauleA colonial soft coral forming fleshy lobes on shaded Mediterranean rocks.Alcyonium coralloidesA soft coral that shifts from encrusting rock to parasitic overgrowth.Alcyonium digitatumA temperate soft coral forming finger-like colonies.Alcyonium palmatumA colonial soft coral with finger-like red lobes.GersemiaCold-water soft corals with arborescent colonies and bright sclerites.Gersemia fruticosaA deep-sea soft coral studied for prostaglandin synthesis.Gersemia juliepackardaeDeep-sea soft coral named for Monterey Bay Aquarium director.Gersemia rubiformisA soft coral with red sclerites and no zooxanthellae.Rhytisma fulvumA pioneering soft coral that broods its young.Sarcophyton (coral)A soft coral genus known for its toxic chemical defenses.Sarcophyton glaucumA soft coral from the Red Sea to the western Pacific.Sinularia flexibilisA soft coral known for chemical defenses and biomedical potential.Dendronephthya hemprichiA soft coral with daily spawning and clonal propagation.LitophytonA genus of soft corals in the family Nephtheidae.Litophyton arboreumA soft coral with maternal symbiont transfer and medical potential.ChrysogorgiidaeA deep-sea soft coral family abundant on Pacific seamounts.IsididaeA family of octocorals now comprising three genera.MopseaA genus of branching corals with feather-like pinnae, found off Australia.GorgoniidaeSoft coral family restricted to American coasts with complex spicules.Taiaroa tauhouA solitary deep-water octocoral from New Zealand's Taiaroa Canyon.TaiaroidaeA monotypic family of deep-sea solitary octocorals.CoralliidaePrecious corals with red skeletons, harvested for jewelry and artifacts.ClavulariidaeSoft coral family with retractable polyps and sclerite-stiffened tissues.MaasellaA cryptic soft coral of the Mediterranean and Atlantic.Heteroxenia fuscescensA pulsing soft coral from the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean.Xenia (coral)A soft coral that pulses its many-fingered hands to move water.Chrysogorgia elegansA rare deep-water soft coral used solely for research.IridogorgiaDeep-sea soft coral with a spiral axis and iridescent branches.
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