Acrossota Bourne, 1914

Alderslade, Philip & S, Catherine, 2007, Pinnule­less polyps: a new genus and new species of Indo­Pacific Clavulariidae and validation of the soft coral genus Acrossota and the family Acrossotidae (Coelenterata: Octocorallia), Zootaxa 1400, pp. 27-44 : 28

Acrossota Bourne, 1914

Diagnosis. Colonies of upright polyps arising from stolons that may coalesce into small or extensive basal membranes. Polyp bodies, basal membranes and stolons are covered by a cuticle. Polyp tentacles snake­like, without pinnules, able to be withdrawn by a process of invagination. Sclerites absent. Zooxanthellate.

Type species. Clavularia amboinensis Burchardt, 1902 , here designated = Acrossota amboinensis n. comb.