Cespitularia

Cespitularia
	Cespitularia sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Subphylum:	Anthozoa
Class:	Octocorallia
Order:	Alcyonacea
Family:	Xeniidae
Genus:	Cespitularia ; Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850
Species
	See text

Last updated September 06, 2025

Cespitularia is a genus of soft corals in the family Xeniidae.

Species

The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species:^[1]

Cespitularia coerula May, 1898
Cespitularia densa Tixier-Durivault, 1966
Cespitularia erecta Macfadyen, 1936
Cespitularia exigua Verseveldt, 1970
Cespitularia hypotentaculata Roxas, 1933
Cespitularia infirmata Verseveldt, 1977
Cespitularia mantoni Hickson, 1931
Cespitularia mollis (Brundin, 1896)
Cespitularia multipinnata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Cespitularia quadriserta Roxas, 1933
Cespitularia robusta Tixier-Durivault, 1966
Cespitularia schlichteri Janes, 2008
Cespitularia simplex Thomson & Dean
Cespitularia stolonifera Gohar, 1938
Cespitularia subviridus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Cespitularia taeniata May, 1899
Cespitularia turgida Verseveldt, 1971
Cespitularia wisharti Hickson, 1931

References

1 2 van Ofwegen, Leen (2015). "Cespitularia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2015-07-02.

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Cespitularia

Cespitularia sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Subphylum:	Anthozoa
Class:	Octocorallia
Order:	Alcyonacea
Family:	Xeniidae
Genus:	Cespitularia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850 ^[1]
Species
See text