Sansibia Alderslade, 2000

Benayahu, Yehuda, Ekins, Merrick, Van Ofwegen, Leen P., Samimi-Namin, Kaveh & Mcfadden, Catherine S., 2022, On some encrusting Xeniidae (Octocorallia): Re-examination of the type material of Sansibia flava (May, 1898) and a description of new taxa, Zootaxa 5093 (4), pp. 421-444 : 424

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5093.4.3
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B934CDEE-C8DE-4F4B-89B1-17DD3DDAC893
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5912723
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scientific name	Sansibia Alderslade, 2000
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Sansibia Alderslade, 2000 View in CoL

Diagnosis. Xeniidae with non-retractile polyps arising directly from a spreading membrane or ribbon-like stolons. Polyps monomorphic. Sclerites are abundant and present as ellipsoid platelets, some with a waist-like median narrowing. The sclerites reveal a dendritic surface microstructure. Colonies harbor symbiotic unicellular algae.

Type species: Sansibia flava ( May, 1898) View in CoL .