Alderslade, 2000
Klyxum (2)
Type species: Klyxum confertum (Kükenthal, 1903)
Total number of species estimated: 10.
Description: Colonies with stalk. Polyparium with numerous crowded lobes. Lobes finger-like or knob-like. Polyps monomorphic, not retractile. Sclerites are spindles, somtimes only present in the base of the colony. Colour of colonies whitish, pinkish brown. Polyps often brownish. Zooxanthellae present.
Habitat: shallow water.
Range: Widespread in tropical Indo-Pacific.
Key references: Alderslade, 2000.