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Alcyonidium rhomboidale Soft-false coral

Alcyonidium rhomboidale is commonly referred to as Soft-false coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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


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lexID:
9351 
AphiaID:
470639 
Scientific:
Alcyonidium rhomboidale 
German:
Rhombus 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:
Endemic species, South-Africa 
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:
Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
5.91" - 9.84" (15cm - 25cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 62.6 °F (°C - 17°C) 
Food:
Filter feeder, Plankton, Suspension feeder 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
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
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2026-04-18 17:28:33 

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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.

External links

  1. bryozoa.net (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Eastern Cape Scuba Diving (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. Wikipedia englisch (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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