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Sclerophytum humesi Soft Coral

Sclerophytum humesiis commonly referred to as Soft Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Prof. Michael Schleyer, Südafrika

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lexID:
14980 
AphiaID:
209980 
Scientific:
Sclerophytum humesi 
German:
Weichkoralle 
English:
Soft Coral 
Category:
Soft Corals 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Octocorallia (Class) > Malacalcyonacea (Order) > Sarcophytidae (Family) > Sclerophytum (Genus) > humesi (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Verseveldt, ), 1968 
Occurrence:
Ambon, Bismarck Archipelago, China, Egypt, Guam, Indonesia, Japan, Madagascar, Mayotte, Micronesia, Red Sea, South China Sea, Taiwan, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), The Ryukyu Islands, the Seychelles, Western Indian Ocean 
Sea depth:
2 - 30 Meter 
Temperature:
°F - 84.2 °F (°C - 29°C) 
Food:
Zooxanthellae / Light 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
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in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-04-24 16:05:52 

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Sinularia humesi is a widespread soft coral from the family Alcyoniidae and was first described in 1968.
The coral occurs at depths up to 30 meters, which are still easily accessible to divers.

This relatively common species has finger-like lobes that subdivide into smaller lobules.

Synonyme: Sinularia humesi Verseveldt, 1968

External links

  1. A review of three alcyonacean families (Octocorallia) from Guam (en). Abgerufen am 15.07.2022.
  2. Alcyonacea from the Seychelles (en). Abgerufen am 14.07.2022.
  3. Descriptions of one old and five new species of Alcyonacea (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) from the Red Sea (en). Abgerufen am 14.07.2022.
  4. Genetic structure of Sinularia (Octocorallia: Alcyoniidae) from Sanya (China) using COI and 28S markers (en). Abgerufen am 14.07.2022.
  5. Soft Corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from Southern Taiwan. II. Species Diversity and Distributional Patterns (en). Abgerufen am 15.07.2022.
  6. Soft corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) of the southern Ryukyu Archipelago: The families Tubiporidae, Clavulariidae, Alcyoniidae and Briareidae (en). Abgerufen am 14.07.2022.
  7. The genus Sinularia (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from Ambon and Seram (Moluccas, Indonesia) (en). Abgerufen am 14.07.2022.
  8. The non-scleractinian Anthozoa (Cnidaria) of the Mariana Islands (en). Abgerufen am 15.07.2022.
  9. The Soft Corals of Mayotte (en). Abgerufen am 14.07.2022.
  10. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 14.07.2022.

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