Clavularia

Clavularia is a genus of corals in the family Clavulariidae. They are often referred by the common names star polyps or clove polyps.

Clavularia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Octocorallia
Order:	Alcyonacea
Family:	Clavulariidae
Genus:	Clavularia Blainville, 1830
Synonyms
Rhizoxenia Ehrenberg, 1834

Species

There are 69 accepted species in this genus:

• Clavularia alba (Grieg, 1888)
• Clavularia arctica (Sars, 1860)
• Clavularia armata Thomson, 1927
• Clavularia australiensis Hickson, 1894
• Clavularia bathybius (Saville Kent, 1870)
• Clavularia borealis Koren & Danielsen, 1883
• Clavularia capensis (Studer, 1879)
• Clavularia carpediem Weinberg, 1986
• Clavularia charoti (Tixier-Durivault & d'Hondt, 1974)
• Clavularia concreta Studer, 1901
• Clavularia crassa (Milne Edwards, 1848)
• Clavularia crosslandi Thomson & Henderson, 1906
• Clavularia cylindrica Wright & Studer, 1889
• Clavularia delicatula Thomson & Dean, 1931
• Clavularia densum (Tixier-Durivault & d'Hondt, 1974)
• Clavularia desjardiniana (Templeton, 1835)
• Clavularia diademata Broch, 1939
• Clavularia dispersa Kükenthal, 1906
• Clavularia durum Hickson, 1930
• Clavularia eburnea Kükenthal, 1906
• Clavularia elongata Wright & Studer, 1889
• Clavularia expansa Thomson & Dean, 1931
• Clavularia filiformis (Sars, 1856)
• Clavularia filippi (Kölliker, 1864)
• Clavularia flava May, 1899
• Clavularia frankliniana Roule, 1902
• Clavularia frigida Danielssen, 1887
• Clavularia garcia Hickson, 1894
• Clavularia grandiflora (Nutting, 1908)
• Clavularia griegii Madsen, 1944
• Clavularia inflata Schenk, 1896
• Clavularia koellikeri (Dean, 1927)
• Clavularia laxa Tixier-Durivault, 1966
• Clavularia levidensis Madsen, 1944
• Clavularia longissima May, 1898
• Clavularia magelhaenica Studer, 1878
• Clavularia margaritaceum (Grieg, 1888)
• Clavularia margaritferae Thomson & Henderson, 1905
• Clavularia marioni (Von Koch, 1891)
• Clavularia mikado Utinomi, 1955
• Clavularia modesta (Verrill, 1874)
• Clavularia mollis Thomson & Henderson, 1906
• Clavularia morbesbii Hickson, 1915
• Clavularia multispiculosa Utinomi, 1955
• Clavularia notanda Tixier-Durivault, 1964
• Clavularia novaezealandiae Brewin, 1945
• Clavularia ornata Thomson & Dean, 1931
• Clavularia pacifica Kükenthal, 1913
• Clavularia papaya Kükenthal, 1913
• Clavularia parva Tixier-Durivault, 1964
• Clavularia parvula Thomson & Henderson, 1906
• Clavularia peterseni Kükenthal, 1906
• Clavularia pregnans Thomson & Henderson, 1906
• Clavularia primula (Dana, 1846)
• Clavularia pulchra Thomson & Henderson, 1906
• Clavularia purpurascens (Dana, 1846)
• Clavularia racemosa Utinomi, 1950
• Clavularia ramosa Hickson, 1894
• Clavularia repens Thomson & Henderson, 1906
• Clavularia reptans Hickson, 1894
• Clavularia rigida Broch, 1935
• Clavularia spongicola Utinomi, 1955
• Clavularia stormi Koren & Danielsen, 1883
• Clavularia strumosa (Dana, 1846)
• Clavularia tenuis Tixier-Durivault & d´Hondt, 1974
• Clavularia thalassanthos (Lesson, 1830)
• Clavularia thompsoni Benham, 1928
• Clavularia venustella Madsen, 1944
• Clavularia viridis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
• Clavularia zanzibarensis Thomson & Henderson, 1906