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