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Lobophytum depressum Lether Coral

Lobophytum depressumis commonly referred to as Lether 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.

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lexID:
14864 
AphiaID:
209962 
Scientific:
Lobophytum depressum 
German:
Lederkoralle 
English:
Lether Coral 
Category:
Soft Corals 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Alcyoniidae (Family) > Lobophytum (Genus) > depressum (Species) 
Initial determination:
Tixier-Durivault, 1966 
Occurrence:
Hong Kong, China, East Africa, Egypt, Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, Israel, Madagascar, Mayotte, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Red Sea, Réunion , Saudi Arabia, South-Africa, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), Western Indian Ocean 
Sea depth:
1 - 45 Meter 
Size:
up to 19.69" (50 cm) 
Temperature:
~ -20.2 °F (-29°C) 
Food:
Zooxanthellae / Light 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
Possible to breed 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-06-04 15:36:04 

Captive breeding / propagation

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

Info

The occurrence of the leather coral Lobophytum depressum is largely limited to the Indian Ocean.

Color: white-yellowish

Shape: Flattened like a disk, hard and fleshy consistency.

Lobophytum depressum is easily distinguished from other species by its shape.

Habitat: Sandy and stony soils, sometimes also found in rocky reefs or on solitary rocks.

Synonym: Sarcophyton auricularis Verseveldt, 1968

Scientific paper

  1. Isolation and structure elucidation of lobophytosterol, depresosterol and three other closely related sterols : Five new C28 polyoxygenated sterols from the red sea soft coral lobophytum depressum, S. Carmely; Y. Kashman, 1981
  2. Four novel C28 sterols from lobophytum depressum, Y. Kashman; S. Carmely, 1980

External links

  1. Compendium of marine species from New Caledonia (en). Abgerufen am 03.06.2022.
  2. Coral bleaching on high-latitude marginal reefs at Sodwana Bay, South Africa (en). Abgerufen am 03.06.2022.
  3. Corals of the South-west Indian Ocean: VI. The Alcyonacea (Octocorallia) of Mozambique, with a discussion on soft coral distribution on south equatorial East African reefs (en). Abgerufen am 03.06.2022.
  4. Octocorallia from north-western madagascar ( part ii) (en). Abgerufen am 03.06.2022.
  5. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institution (en). Abgerufen am 03.06.2022.
  6. The soft coral fauna (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) of Mayotte (en). Abgerufen am 03.06.2022.
  7. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 03.06.2022.

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Foto: Westlicher Indischer Ozean
Foto: Leadsman Shoal, Province of KwaZulu-Natalm, Süd-Afrika

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