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The common aquarium soft coral known as Xenia elongata has been reclassified under a new genus called Unomia. Unlike other Xenia species which have clustered polyps at the top of each stalk, Unomia stolonifera has ungrouped polyps growing lower down the stalk. This distinguishing feature, along with differences in colony morphology, warranted creating a new genus called Unomia to classify this species. A second Unomia species, Unomia complanata, was also described from Japan and Taiwan which has smaller, mo

Author

Gualberto Ruiz Arrechedera

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EN