Alcyonidium rhomboidale Soft-false coral

Alcyonidium rhomboidaleis commonly referred to as Soft-false coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!.

Johan Swanepoel, Südafrika

Alcyonidium rhomboidale (Soft-false coral),Port Elizabeth, Copyright Johan Swanepoel

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lexID:: 9351
AphiaID:: 470639

Scientific:: Alcyonidium rhomboidale
German:: Moostierchen
English:: Soft-false Coral

Category:: Bryozoa

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Bryozoa (Phylum) > Gymnolaemata (Class) > Ctenostomatida (Order) > Alcyonidiidae (Family) > Alcyonidium (Genus) > rhomboidale (Species)
Initial determination:: O'Donoghue, 1924

Occurrence:: South-Africa
Size:: 5.91" - 9.84" (15cm - 25cm)
Temperature:: °F - 62.6 °F (°C - 17°C)
Food:: Filter feeder, Plankton
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!
Offspring:: None

CITES:

Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Alcyonidium albescens
Alcyonidium albidum
Alcyonidium androsovae
Alcyonidium anglei
Alcyonidium antarcticum
Alcyonidium argyllaceum
Alcyonidium australe
Alcyonidium candidum
Alcyonidium capronae
Alcyonidium cellarioides
Alcyonidium chondroides
Alcyonidium columbianum
Alcyonidium condylocinereum
Alcyonidium diaphanum
Aufrechtes Gallert Moostierchen
Alcyonidium disciforme
Alcyonidium duplex
Alcyonidium effusum
Alcyonidium eightsi
Alcyonidium enteromorpha
Alcyonidium epispiculum
Alcyonidium erectum
Alcyonidium excavatum
Alcyonidium flabelliforme
Alcyonidium flustroides
Alcyonidium foliaceum
Alcyonidium gelatinosum
Gallert-Moostierchen, Klammer-Moostierchen
Alcyonidium hauffi
Alcyonidium hirsutum
Alcyonidium hydrocoalitum
Alcyonidium irregulare
Alcyonidium kermadecense
Alcyonidium mamillatum
Alcyonidium multigemmatum
Alcyonidium nanum
Alcyonidium nipponicum
Alcyonidium nodosum
Alcyonidium pachydermatum
Alcyonidium papillatum
Alcyonidium parasiticum
Alcyonidium pedunculatum
Alcyonidium pelagosphaerum
Alcyonidium polyoum
Alcyonidium polypylum
Alcyonidium proboscideum
Alcyonidium radicellatum
Alcyonidium rhomboidale
Moostierchen
Alcyonidium rugosum
Alcyonidium rylandi
Alcyonidium sagamianum
Alcyonidium sanguineum
Alcyonidium scolecoideum
Alcyonidium shizuoi
Alcyonidium simulatum
Alcyonidium torpedo
Alcyonidium variegatum
Alcyonidium vermiculare
Alcyonidium verrilli
Alcyonidium vicarians

More related species in this lexicon:

Alcyonidium sp.
Moostierchen

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2016-02-21 13:05:04
Last edit:: 2016-02-21 13:05:04

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Alcyonidium rhomboidale O'Donoghue, 1924

Alcyonidium rhomboidale is a soft,gelatinous and irregular leafy-shaped mossanimal.The colour is a yellowish.Alcyonidium rhomboidale can be found in shallow rocky reefs to 4-20 m depht, and often ripped off and washed ashore after storms.

Alcyonidium rhomboidale is a filterfeeder.

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Bryozoa (Phylum) > Gymnolaemata (Class) > Ctenostomatida (Order) > Alcyonidiina (Suborder) > Alcyonidioidea (Infraorder) > Alcyonidiidae (Family) > Alcyonidium (Genus) > Alcyonidium rhomboidale (Species)

External links

bryozoa.net (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Eastern Cape Scuba Diving (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikipedia englisch (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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