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Sclerophytum gardineri Soft Coral

Sclerophytum gardineriis 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

Foto: Mayotte, Westlicher Indischer Ozean


Courtesy of the author Prof. Michael Schleyer, Südafrika . Please visit www.wiomsa.org for more information.

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lexID:
14913 
AphiaID:
1342623 
Scientific:
Sclerophytum gardineri 
German:
Weichkoralle 
English:
Soft Coral 
Category:
Soft Corals 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Octocorallia (Class) > Malacalcyonacea (Order) > Sarcophytidae (Family) > Sclerophytum (Genus) > gardineri (Species) 
Initial determination:
Pratt, 1903 
Occurrence:
Suez-Kanal, Sudan, (the) Maldives, East Africa, Egypt, Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, Indo Pacific, Israel, Japan, Mascarene Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Palau, Red Sea, Tansania, Western Indian Ocean, Western Pacific Ocean 
Sea depth:
3 - 65 Meter 
Temperature:
25,7 °F - 31,4 °F (25,7°C - 31,4°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 15:43:12 

Info

Colonies of Sinularia gardineri are usually flat, small, and form lobes, warts, and humps that point randomly in different directions.

Color: Gray to cream

Habitat: Fore reefs, coral reefs

Synonym: Sinularia gardineri (Pratt, 1903)

Scientific paper

  1. A New Norcembranoid Dimer from the Red Sea Soft Coral Sinularia gardineri, El Sayed, Khalid A.; Hamann, Mark T. , 1996

External links

  1. https://en-lifesci.tau.ac.il/sites/lifesci_en.tau.ac.il/files/media_server/life%20sci/Departments/zoology/members/benayhu/Schleyer%20%26%20Benayahu%20Marine%20Biodiversity.pdf (en). Abgerufen am 19.06.2022.
  2. Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems (Tiefenangabe 30 - 65 Meter), Seite 718 (en). Abgerufen am 19.06.2022.
  3. On two old and fourteen new species of Alcyonacea (Coelenterata, Octocorallia) from the Red Sea (en). Abgerufen am 19.06.2022.
  4. The Soft Corals of Mayotte (en). Abgerufen am 19.06.2022.

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Foto: Mayotte, Westlicher Indischer Ozean
Foto: Mayotte, Westlicher Indischer Ozean

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