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Sclerophytum polydactylum Finger leather coral

Sclerophytum polydactylumis commonly referred to as Finger leather coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
1113 
AphiaID:
1344227 
Scientific:
Sclerophytum polydactylum 
German:
Pumpende Weichkoralle 
English:
Finger Leather Coral 
Category:
Soft Corals 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Octocorallia (Class) > Malacalcyonacea (Order) > Sarcophytidae (Family) > Sclerophytum (Genus) > polydactylum (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Ehrenberg, ), 1834 
Occurrence:
Ambon, Arabian Sea, Fiji, Guam, Indo Pacific, Madagascar, Marschall Islands, Mayotte, Micronesia, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Palau, Red Sea, Samoa, Singapore, Taiwan, Tansania, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Seychelles, Vietnam, Western Indian Ocean 
Sea depth:
2 - 50 Meter 
Size:
up to 9.84" (25 cm) 
Temperature:
24,7 °F - 26,8 °F (24,7°C - 26,8°C) 
Food:
Zooxanthellae / Light 
Tank:
22 gal (~ 100L)  
Difficulty:
Average 
Offspring:
Possible to breed 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
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Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-04-24 18:36:56 

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Sclerophytum polydactylum are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Sclerophytum polydactylum, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Sclerophytum polydactylum, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

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(Eherenberg, 1834)

Host of these ectoparasites:
Colobomolgus bandensis Humes, 1990
Lichomolgus adelphus Humes & Ho, 1968
Lichomolgus squamiger Humes & Frost, 1964
Meringomolgus facetus Humes & Stock, 1972
Paradoridicola virgulifer Humes, 1990
Colobomolgus dentipes (Thompson I.C. & Scott A., 1903)
Paradoridicola adelphus (Humes & Ho, 1968)
Paradoridicola squamiger (Humes & Frost, 1964)

Scientific paper

  1. Bioactive terpenoids from the Red Sea soft coral Sinularia polydactyla, Aboutabl, El-Sayed A.; Azzam, Shadia M.; Michel, Camilia G.; Selim, Nabil M.; Hegazy, Mohamed F.; Ali, Abdel-Hamid A.M.; Hussein, Ahmed A. , 2013
  2. Hurgadacin: A new steroid from Sinularia polydactyla, Shaaban, Mohamed; Shaaban, Khaled A.; Ghani, Mohamed A. , 2013
  3. In Vitro Regulation of CaCO 3 Crystal Growth by the Highly Acidic Proteins of Calcitic Sclerites in Soft Coral, Sinularia Polydactyla, Rahman, M. Azizur; Oomori, Tamotsu , 2009
  4. In Vitro Regulation of CaCO3 Crystal Growth by the Highly Acidic Proteins of Calcitic Sclerites in Soft Coral, Sinularia Polydactyla, Rahman, M. Azizur; Oomori, Tamotsu , 2009
  5. Profiling Transcriptome Complexity and Secondary Metabolite Synthesis in a Benthic Soft Coral,Sinularia polydactyla, Cindi A. Hoover; Marc Slattery; Adam G. Marsh, 2007
  6. Gene expression profiling of two related soft corals, Sinularia polydactyla and S. maxima, and their putative hybrid at different life-history stages, Cindi A. Hoover; Marc Slattery; Adam G. Marsh, 2007
  7. A novel metabolite from the hybrid soft coral Sinularia maxima × Sinularia polydactyla: a biosynthetically mixed skeleton linking cembrane and africanane terpenoids, Haidy Nasr Kamel; Frank R. Fronczek; Nikolaus H. Fischer; Marc Slattery, 2004
  8. Chemical signals in gametogenesis, spawning, and larval settlement and defense of the soft coral Sinularia polydactyla, M. Slattery; G. A. Hines; J. Starmer; V. J. Paul, 1999
  9. Chemical studies of marine invertebrates. XXXVIII.Δ9(15)-africanene, a new sesquiterpene hydrocarbon fromSinularia polydactyla(Coelenterata, Octocorallia, Alcyonaceae), J. C. Braekman; D. Daloze; B. Tursch; S. E. Hull; J. P. Declercq; G. Germain; M. Van Meerssche, 1980

External links

  1. Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834) (Cnidaria, Octocorallia) re-examined, with the description of a new species (en). Abgerufen am 14.02.2021.
  3. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Husbandry know-how of owners

XynX
@XynX

am 31.08.08#2
Die Koralle braucht starke Strömung und viel Licht. Bei guten Wasserwerten wächst sie sehr schnell. Eine sehr schöne Koralle!
hjp14
@hjp14

am 20.08.07#1
Sinularia polydactila ist bei guten Wasserverhältnissen einfach zu pflegen. Sie steht in meinem AQ relativ nah an der Wavebox, bekommt also ordentlich Strömung und auch sehr viel Licht. Aufgrund des schnelles Wachstums ist sie für kleine Becken allerdings nicht zu empfehlen.
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