Genus Xenia

Lamarck, 1816

Xenia (1)

Type species: Xenia umbellata Lamarck, 1816

Total number of species estimated: 60

Description: Colonies upright, lobes capitate, polyps concentrated on well-defined capitulum. Polyps not retractile, monomorphic. Colour of colonies white, gray, brown. Sclerites are small ovals. Zooxanthellae present.

Habitat: shallow water.

Range: Tropical Indo-Pacific.

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