Pulsating xenid

The pulsating xenid (Heteroxenia fuscescens) is a species of soft coral in the family Xeniidae. The species was first described in 1834 by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg as Xenia fuscescens.

Pulsating Xenid
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Octocorallia
Order: Alcyonacea
Family: Xeniidae
Genus: Heteroxenia
Species:
H. fuscescens
Binomial name
Heteroxenia fuscescens
(Ehrenberg, 1834)
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