Clavularia is a genus of corals in the family Clavulariidae. They are often referred by the common names star polyps or clove polyps.
Species
There are 69 accepted species in this genus:
- Clavularia alba <small>(Grieg, 1888)</small>
- Clavularia arctica <small>(Sars, 1860)</small>
- Clavularia armata <small>Thomson, 1927</small>
- Clavularia australiensis <small>Hickson, 1894</small>
- Clavularia bathybius <small>(Saville Kent, 1870)</small>
- Clavularia borealis <small>Koren & Danielsen, 1883</small>
- Clavularia capensis <small>(Studer, 1879)</small>
- Clavularia carpediem <small>Weinberg, 1986</small>
- Clavularia charoti <small>(Tixier-Durivault & d'Hondt, 1974)</small>
- Clavularia concreta <small>Studer, 1901</small>
- Clavularia crassa <small>(Milne Edwards, 1848)</small>
- Clavularia crosslandi <small>Thomson & Henderson, 1906</small>
- Clavularia cylindrica <small>Wright & Studer, 1889</small>
- Clavularia delicatula <small>Thomson & Dean, 1931</small>
- Clavularia densum <small>(Tixier-Durivault & d'Hondt, 1974)</small>
- Clavularia desjardiniana <small>(Templeton, 1835)</small>
- Clavularia diademata <small>Broch, 1939</small>
- Clavularia dispersa <small>Kükenthal, 1906</small>
- Clavularia durum <small>Hickson, 1930</small>
- Clavularia eburnea <small>Kükenthal, 1906</small>
- Clavularia elongata <small>Wright & Studer, 1889</small>
- Clavularia expansa <small>Thomson & Dean, 1931</small>
- Clavularia filiformis <small>(Sars, 1856)</small>
- Clavularia filippi <small>(Kölliker, 1864)</small>
- Clavularia flava <small>May, 1899</small>
- Clavularia frankliniana <small>Roule, 1902</small>
- Clavularia frigida <small>Danielssen, 1887</small>
- Clavularia garcia <small>Hickson, 1894</small>
- Clavularia grandiflora <small>(Nutting, 1908)</small>
- Clavularia griegii <small>Madsen, 1944</small>
- Clavularia inflata <small>Schenk, 1896</small>
- Clavularia koellikeri <small>(Dean, 1927)</small>
- Clavularia laxa <small>Tixier-Durivault, 1966</small>
- Clavularia levidensis <small>Madsen, 1944</small>
- Clavularia longissima <small>May, 1898</small>
- Clavularia magelhaenica <small>Studer, 1878</small>
- Clavularia margaritaceum <small>(Grieg, 1888)</small>
- Clavularia margaritferae <small>Thomson & Henderson, 1905</small>
- Clavularia marioni <small>(Von Koch, 1891)</small>
- Clavularia mikado <small>Utinomi, 1955</small>
- Clavularia modesta <small>(Verrill, 1874)</small>
- Clavularia mollis <small>Thomson & Henderson, 1906</small>
- Clavularia morbesbii <small>Hickson, 1915</small>
- Clavularia multispiculosa <small>Utinomi, 1955</small>
- Clavularia notanda <small>Tixier-Durivault, 1964</small>
- Clavularia novaezealandiae <small>Brewin, 1945</small>
- Clavularia ornata <small>Thomson & Dean, 1931</small>
- Clavularia pacifica <small>Kükenthal, 1913</small>
- Clavularia papaya <small>Kükenthal, 1913</small>
- Clavularia parva <small>Tixier-Durivault, 1964</small>
- Clavularia parvula <small>Thomson & Henderson, 1906</small>
- Clavularia peterseni <small>Kükenthal, 1906</small>
- Clavularia pregnans <small>Thomson & Henderson, 1906</small>
- Clavularia primula <small>(Dana, 1846)</small>
- Clavularia pulchra <small>Thomson & Henderson, 1906</small>
- Clavularia purpurascens <small>(Dana, 1846)</small>
- Clavularia racemosa <small>Utinomi, 1950</small>
- Clavularia ramosa <small>Hickson, 1894</small>
- Clavularia repens <small>Thomson & Henderson, 1906</small>
- Clavularia reptans <small>Hickson, 1894</small>
- Clavularia rigida <small>Broch, 1935</small>
- Clavularia spongicola <small>Utinomi, 1955</small>
- Clavularia stormi <small>Koren & Danielsen, 1883</small>
- Clavularia strumosa <small>(Dana, 1846)</small>
- Clavularia tenuis <small>Tixier-Durivault & dôHondt, 1974</small>
- Clavularia thalassanthos <small>(Lesson, 1830)</small>
- Clavularia thompsoni <small>Benham, 1928</small>
- Clavularia venustella <small>Madsen, 1944</small>
- Clavularia viridis <small>(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)</small>
- Clavularia zanzibarensis <small>Thomson & Henderson, 1906</small>
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