Xeniidae

Xeniidae
Heteroxenia fuscescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Alcyonacea
Family: Xeniidae
Ehrenberg, 1828

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. [1] The family contains the following genera:[2]



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