Alcyoniina

Classification
Animalia Radiata Cnidaria * Anthozoa Hexacorallia Octocorallia Alcyonacea Alcyoniina Alcyonidae Nephtheidae Capnella Eunephthya Dendronephthya Scleronephthya Nidaliidae Chironephthya Nephthyigorgia Paralemnalia Siphonogorgia Xeniidae Heteroxenia Anthelia Xenia Calcaxonia Holaxonia Scleraxonia Pennatulacea Stolonifera
Nephtheidae	1 genre	>250 espèces
Nidalidae	9 genres	96 espèces
Xeniidae	17 genres	168 espèces

Etymologies		Source
Dendronephthya	grec dendron (arbre) + nephthys (divinité égypt, soeur d'Osiris)	Bailly
Scleronephthya	grec σκληρός (dur, sec, rigide) + nephthys (divinité égypt, soeur d'Osiris)	Bailly
Siphonogorgia	grec σίφων = tube creux, siphon + gorgos = véhément, impatient, impétueux	Bailly
Anthelia	grec ανθήλη-ης = aigrette cotonneuse, chevelure	Bailly
Heteroxenia	grec hetero = autre, différent + ξένιος = étranger ou ξένια = liens d'hospitalité	Bailly
Xenia	ξένιος = étranger ou ξένια = liens d'hospitalité	Bailly



Alcyoniidae

Alcyonium acaule 2011 Colera (Sp) ©mda (via INaturalist)	Rhystima fulvum 2012 Nakari (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist)	Cladiella colti aquarium (Budapest) by Хомелка (via Wikimedia Commons)


Sarcophyton 2015 Maldives ©JMP (via INaturalist)	Klyxum 2011 Raja Ampat ©mda (via INaturalist)	Alcyonium coralloides 2011 Colera (Sp) ©mda (via INaturalist)
Alcyoniidae

Chironephthya
souslesmers / liboupat2 / oceanlight	Synonymes	Studer, 1887/ NE / ITIS

2009 Bali ©mda (via INaturalist)	2006 Sinaï by Fernando Herranz Martín (via Wikimedia Commons)	2006 Sinaï by Fernando Herranz Martín (via Wikimedia Commons)


2019 Taiwan ©huang_shu_chen (via INaturalist)	2019 Fiji ©Mark Rosenstein (via INaturalist)	2019 Fiji ©Mark Rosenstein (via INaturalist)
Indo-WPacifiq & Red Sea	alcyonaire-main	tropical
10-40m 50cm		colonies dressées, heavely branched, avec hydrosquelette, opaque et lisse, sans sclérites, more often “hangs down", azooxanthellate, mode brassé & photophile
Chironephthya

Dendronephthya
souslesmers / reef-guardian / sealifecenter / WetWebMedia / doris / nomadica	Spongodes	Küenkenthal, 1905 / NE / ITIS

2015 Egypte ©mda (via INaturalist)	2019 Qseir (Egypte) ©mda (via INaturalist)	2019 Cabilao (Ph) ©mda (via INaturalist)


2019 Cabilao (Ph) ©mda (via INaturalist)	2017 Soudan ©mda (via INaturalist)	2010 Egypte ©mda (via GooglePhotos)


2012 Bunaken (Sulawesi) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)	2012 Bunaken (Sulawesi) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)	2009 Bali ©mda (via INaturalist)


2017 Soudan ©mda (via INaturalist)	hébergeant Ophiothrix exigua, 2016 Oman ©mda (via INaturalist)	2009 Mauritius ©mda (via GooglePhotos)


2011 Raja Ampat ©mda (via GooglePhotos)	2009 Bali ©mda (via INaturalist)	2010 Egypte ©mda (via GooglePhotos)


2010 Egypte ©mda (via GooglePhotos)	2011 Raja Ampat ©mda (via GooglePhotos)	2012 Hurghada (Egypte) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)


2010 Komodo by Alexander Vasenin (via Wikimedia Commons)	2004 Timor by Nick Hobgood (via Wikimedia Commons)	avec un 'Porcellanella picta', 2006 Papouasie ©Nick Hobgood (via Wikimedia Commons)


Dendronephthya hemprichi 2010 Komodo by Alexander Vasenin (via Wikimedia Commons)	Dendronephthya klunzingeri 2005 by Nick Hobgood (via Wikimedia Commons)	Dendronephthya klunzingeri 2007 by Albert Kok (via Wikimedia Commons)


2006 Timor by Nick Hobgood (via Wikimedia Commons)	2006 Timor by Nick Hobgood (via Wikimedia Commons)	2006 Timor by Nick Hobgood (via Wikimedia Commons)
Indo-Pacifiq & Mer Rouge	Alcyonaires translucides épineux	tropical
10-100m / 50-70cm	gonochorique (par colonies), stade planula puis fixé asexuée par bourgeonnement	sclérites visibles en surface, sessile, plutôt sciaphile et peu brassé, mou, arborescent épineux, translucide, azooxanthellate, peu urticant, abondant
Dendronephthya




Paralemnalia
aquaportail / nomadica	Paralemnaria	Kükenthal, 1913 / NE / ITIS

2019 Cabilao (Ph) ©mda (via INaturalist)	Paralemnalia digitiformis 2017 Queensland (Au) ©Matthew Connors (via INaturalist)	1981 Marshall Islands ©Roger Rittmaster (via INaturalist)
Indo-Pacifiq		tropical
5-15m / 10-30cm		arborescent, pied d’où partent des doigts longs, dressés, zooxanthellate
Paralemnalia

Scleronephthya
souslesmers / meerwasser / liveaquaria / WetWebMedia / nomadica / doris	cauliflower	Studer, 1887 / NE / ITIS

2012 Lembeh (Sulawesi) ©mda (via INaturalist)	2012 Bunaken (Sulawesi) ©mda (via INaturalist)	2012 Bunaken (Sulawesi) ©mda (via INaturalist)


2012 Lembeh (Sulawesi) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)	2009 Bali ©mda (via GooglePhotos)	2011 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)


2009 Mauritius ©mda (via GooglePhotos)	2012 Lembeh (Sulawesi) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)	2012 Lembeh (Sulawesi) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)


	2006 Timor by Nick Hobgood (via Wikimedia Commons)	2006 Timor by Nick Hobgood (via Wikimedia Commons)


2006 Timor by Nick Hobgood (via Wikimedia Commons)	2010 Sipadan (Borneo) by Bernard DUPONT (via Wikimedia Commons)	2010 Sabah (Borneo) by Bernard DUPONT (via Wikimedia Commons)


2006 Timor by Nick Hobgood (via Wikimedia Commons)	2014 Maldives by Sébastien Stradal (via Wikimedia Commons)	2005 Timor by Nick Hobgood (via Wikimedia Commons)
Indo-Pacifiq & Mer Rouge	Alcyonaires translucides lisses	tropical
10-30m / 10-25cm		sclérites denses en surface, sessile, plutôt sciaphile, mou, arborescent, opaque jaune orangé, azooxanthellate
Scleronephthya

Siphonogorgia godeffroyi
Sulawesi.biologie / recif-france / souslesmers / en.wiki / nomadica	Synonymes	Kölliker, 1874 / NE / ITIS

hébergeant Ophiotrix exigua, 2012 Bunaken (Sulawesi) ©mda (via INaturalist)	2009 Bali ©mda (via GooglePhotos)	2011 Raja Ampat ©mda (via GooglePhotos)


2011 Raja Ampat ©mda (via GooglePhotos)	2011 Raja Ampat ©mda (via INaturalist)	2012 Bunaken (Sulawesi) ©mda (via INaturalist)


2012 Bunaken (Sulawesi) ©mda (via INaturalist)	2019 Bohol (Ph) ©mda (via INaturalist)	2019 Bohol (Ph) ©mda (via INaturalist)


2018 Bunaken (Sulawesi) ©Lesley Clements (via INaturalist)	2012 Bunaken (Sulawesi) ©mda (via INaturalist)


2010 Sipadan (Borneo) by Bernard DUPONT (via Wikimedia Commons)	2006 Timor ©Nick Hobgood (via Wikimedia Commons)	avec Atriolum robustum, 2006 Timor ©Nick Hobgood (via Wikimedia Commons)
Indo-Pacifiq	Gorgone ramifiée	tropical
5-35m / 100 cm dia	gonochorique ou asexuée par bourgeonnement et fragmentation	arborescent, pas de squelette axial, branches creuses (reddish), white polyps at the terminal branchlets, pédoncule jaune, sessile, légèrement sciaphile, azooxanthellate
Siphonogorgia godeffroyi

Xeniidae
en.m.wiki / icrs2012	Synonymes	Ehrenberg, 1828 / NE / ITIS

2012 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist)	2019 Bohol (Ph) ©mda (via INaturalist)	2009 Gilimanuk (Bali) ©mda (via INaturalist)


2019 Qseir (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist)	2012 Lembeh (Sulawesi) ©mda (via INaturalist)	Xenia 2019 Qseir (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist)


Protodendron repens 2019 Bohol (Ph) ©mda (via INaturalist)	2 species, Anthelia & ? 2012 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist)	2012 Lembeh (Sulawesi) ©mda (via INaturalist)


2 species, Anthelia & ? 2012 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist)	2012 Nakari (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist)	2010 Egypt ©mda (via INaturalist)


2010 Egypt ©mda (via INaturalist)	2012 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist)	2012 Lembeh (Sulawesi) ©mda (via INaturalist)


at night, 2006 Lembeh (Sulawesi) by Samuel Chow (via Wikimedia Commons)	2018 Marsa Alam (Egypt) ©Tom Heijnen (via INaturalist)	Latissimia 2020 Singapore ©budak (via INaturalist)


2019 Newcastle (Au) ©John B (via INaturalist)	Sarcothelia 2020 Hawaii © Sean Ono (via INaturalist)	at night, 2006 Lembeh (Sulawesi) by Samuel Chow (via Wikimedia Commons)


Cespitularia 1987 Queensland (Au) ©Dr. Dwayne Meadows by NOAA/NMFS/OPR (via Wikimedia Commons)	Xenia 2006 by Dawson (via Wikimedia Commons)	2015 Hurghada (Egypt) ©Bernat Garrigós (via INaturalist)
	Xeniids	tropical
5-15m	gonochorique	polypes ne se rétractent que partiellement et sont animés d'un mouvement de battement régulier; à intervalles réguliers, ces organismes expulsent tout ou partie de leurs zooxanthelles ==> décoloration
Xeniidae

Anthelia glauca
souslesmers / aquaportail / recif-france / saltcorner / meerwasser / animal-world	Synonymes	Lamarck, 1816 / NE / ITIS

2006 Hurghada (Egypt) by Fernando Herranz Martín [GNU] (via Wikimedia Commons)	2 species: celui du haut, 2012 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist)	Clavularia 2018 Taiwan © Vinh Le (via INaturalist)


2006 Hurghada (Egypt) by Fernando Herranz Martín [GNU] (via Wikimedia Commons)	2006 Hurghada (Egypt) by Fernando Herranz Martín [GNU] (via Wikimedia Commons)	2004 Sharm el Sheik (Egypt) by Fernando Herranz Martín [GNU] (via Wikimedia Commons)


2006 Hurghada (Egypt) by Fernando Herranz Martín [GNU] (via Wikimedia Commons)	2018 Taiwan ©Carol Kwok (via INaturalist)	Anthelia 2019 Bombay ©Abhishek Jamalabad (via INaturalist)
WIndian & Red Sea	Xenia duveteux	tropical
5-30m / 15-20cm	gonochorique	sessile, pas de battement régulier, ni contraction
Anthelia glauca

Heteroxenia fuscescens
en.wiki / nomadica / reefbuilders / meerwasser	Synonymes	Ehrenberg, 1834 / NE / ITIS

2018 Taiwan ©Carol Kwok (via INaturalist)	identification sp? 2019 Puerto Galera (Ph) ©Georgina Jones (via INaturalist)	2018 Taiwan ©Carol Kwok (via INaturalist)


2011 by Derek Keats (via Encyclopedia of Life)	2013 Dahab (Egypt) ©Tim Sheerman-Chase (via Wikimedia Commons)	identification sp? 2019 Raja Ampat ©desertnaturalist (via INaturalist)


2013 Dahab (Egypt) ©Tim Sheerman-Chase (via Wikimedia Commons)	2007 Taba (Egypt) ©Photo2222 (via Wikimedia Commons)	2011 by Derek Keats (via Encyclopedia of Life)
WIndian & Red sea	Coraux pulsants	tropical
<20m / 60cm dia (colonie) / 5cm (polype) / pulsates rhythmically around 40 times a minute	gonochorique	pied blanc court, on hard bottoms, mode calme, sessile, zooxanthellate
Heteroxenia fuscescens

Xenia umbellata
aquaportail / reefcorner / meerwasser	Synonymes	Larmarck, 1816 / NE / ITIS

2004 Sharm el Sheik (Egypt) by Fernando Herranz Martín [GNU] (via Wikimedia Commons)	2004 Sharm el Sheik (Egypt) by Fernando Herranz Martín [GNU] (via Wikimedia Commons)


2004 Sharm el Sheik (Egypt) by Fernando Herranz Martín [GNU] (via Wikimedia Commons)	2004 Sharm el Sheik (Egypt) by Fernando Herranz Martín [GNU] (via Wikimedia Commons)	2015 Saudi Arabia (Red Sea) by Ryan McMinds (via Wikimedia Commons)
WIndian & Red Sea	Xenia à ombelles	tropical
<10cm	gonochorique	sessile, pied court et charnu peu ramifié, au bout polypes en bouquets denses, peu photophile, rare
Xenia umbellata

MàJ 19/03/2023