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Sclerophytum minimum Soft Coral

Sclerophytum minimumis 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


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lexID:
14985 
AphiaID:
1608908 
Scientific:
Sclerophytum minimum 
German:
Weichkoralle 
English:
Soft Coral 
Category:
Soft Corals 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Octocorallia (Class) > Malacalcyonacea (Order) > Sarcophytidae (Family) > Sclerophytum (Genus) > minimum (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Verseveldt, ), 1971 
Occurrence:
Egypt, Guam, Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, Israel, Mayotte, Micronesia, Red Sea, Tansania, Western Indian Ocean, Zanzibar 
Sea depth:
2 - 20 Meter 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°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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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-04-24 18:23:40 

Info

This soft coral has tiny lobules clustered on the primary lobes.
Sinularia minima can form quite extensive colonies.

Color: - The colony is brown to almost black.

The species is characterized by the small size of the individual colony, the erect stalk and the small lobes.

External links

  1. A reviewof three alcyonaceanfamilies (Octocorallia)from Guam (en). Abgerufen am 15.07.2022.
  2. Descriptions of one old and five new species of Alcyonacea (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) from the Red Sea (en). Abgerufen am 15.07.2022.
  3. Gas-liquid chromatograms of sesquiterpenes as finger prints for soft-coral identification (en). Abgerufen am 15.07.2022.
  4. Octocorallia from North-Western Madagascar (Part II) (en). Abgerufen am 15.07.2022.
  5. The Soft Corals of Mayotte (en). Abgerufen am 15.07.2022.
  6. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 15.07.2022.

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Foto: Mayotte, Westlicher Indischer Ozean

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