| Pulsating Xenid | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Octocorallia |
| Order: | Alcyonacea |
| Family: | Xeniidae |
| Genus: | Heteroxenia |
| Species: | H. fuscescens
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| Binomial name | |
| Heteroxenia fuscescens | |
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.[1][2]
- ^ a b van Ofwegen, L. (2010). "Heteroxenia fuscescens (Ehrenberg, 1834)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
- ^ Ehrenberg, C.G. (1834). "Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im Allgemeinen und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben". Abhandlungen der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (in Latin). 1832: 225–380. ISSN 2944-442X. Wikidata Q115748229.