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Scleronephthya corymbosa Soft Coral

Scleronephthya corymbosa is 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.

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lexID:
14901 
AphiaID:
214683 
Scientific:
Scleronephthya corymbosa 
German:
Weichkoralle 
English:
Soft Coral 
Category:
Soft Corals 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Nephtheidae (Family) > Scleronephthya (Genus) > corymbosa (Species) 
Initial determination:
Verseveldt & Cohen, 1971 
Occurrence:
Hong Kong, Eritrea, Egypt, Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, Israel, Red Sea 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
2 - 27 Meter 
Habitats:
Coral reefs, Rocky reefs, Underwater caves, Underwater caverns 
Size:
up to 11.81" (30 cm) 
Temperature:
75.2 °F - 84.2 °F (24°C - 29°C) 
Food:
azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Herbivorous, Phytoplankton 
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) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-06-04 08:29:27 

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Scleronephthya corymbosa Verseveldt & Cohen, 1971

Scleronephthya corymbosa is a soft coral known only from the Red Sea.Publications from HongKong are most likely not Scleronephthya corymbosa, exact certainty can only bring a molecular examination here.

Scleronephthya corymbosa is azooxanthellate and feeds on phytoplankton.

Epimenia arabica, a shell-less, worm-like mollusk, feeds on this coral:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230393247_Epimenia_arabica_spec_nov_a_Solenogaster_Mollusca_Feeding_on_the_Alcyonacean_Scleronephthya_corymbosa_Cnidaria_from_Shallow_Waters_of_the_Red_Sea

External links

  1. A review on bioactive secondary metabolites of soft corals (Octocorallia) and their distribution in Eritrean coast of Red Sea (en). Abgerufen am 15.06.2022.
  2. Differential recruitment of benthic communities on neighboring artificial and natural reefs (en). Abgerufen am 15.06.2022.
  3. Fouling reefal communities on artificial reefs: Does age matter? (en). Abgerufen am 15.06.2022.
  4. On Some Octocorallia (Alcyonacea) from Hong Kong, with Description of a New Species, Paraminabea rubeusa (de). Abgerufen am 15.06.2022.
  5. Soft corals (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) of the southern Red Sea (en). Abgerufen am 15.06.2022.
  6. Taxonomic Information from World Register of Marine Species (en). Abgerufen am 15.06.2022.
  7. The Distribution and Community Structure of Octocorals in Northeastern to Southeastern Waters of Hong Kong SAR (en). Abgerufen am 15.06.2022.
  8. The importance of phytoplankton for feeding corals (en). Abgerufen am 15.06.2022.
  9. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 14.06.2022.

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