Lemnalia flava Formosan Soft Coral

Lemnalia flava is commonly referred to as Formosan Soft Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: moyen. A aquarium size of at least 200 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:: 11729
AphiaID:: 288046

Scientific:: Lemnalia flava
German:: Bäumchenweichkoralle
English:: Formosan Soft Coral

Category:: Coraux mous

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Nephtheidae (Family) > Lemnalia (Genus) > flava (Species)
Initial determination:: (May, ), 1898

Occurrence:: East Africa, Mozambique, Taiwan, Western Indian Ocean
Sea depth:: 28 - 31 Meter
Size:: up to 11.81" (30 cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 26,5 °F (22°C - 26,5°C)
Food:: Dissolved inorganic substances) f.e.NaCL,CA, Mag, K, I.P, CO2, Dissolved organic substances, Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light
Tank:: 44 gal (~ 200L)
Difficulty:: moyen
Offspring:: Possible to breed
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Lemnalia acutispiculata
Lemnalia africana
Lemnalia amabilis
Lemnalia bantayensis
Lemnalia benayahui
Lemnalia bournei
Lemnalia carnosa
Lemnalia cervicornis
Lemnalia crassicaulis
Lemnalia digitata
Lemnalia elegans
Lemnalia exilis
Lemnalia faustinoi
Lemnalia flava
Bäumchenweichkoralle
Lemnalia fragilis
Lemnalia gracilis
Lemnalia grandispina
Lemnalia humesi
Lemnalia jukesii
Lemnalia laevis
Lemnalia longiramus
Lemnalia madagascarensis
Lemnalia nitida
Lemnalia peristyla
Lemnalia philippinensis
Lemnalia rhabdota
Lemnalia scasa
Lemnalia squamifera
Lemnalia tenuis
Lemnalia terminalis
Lemnalia tixierae
Lemnalia umbellata
Lemnalia zimmeri

More related species in this lexicon:

Lemnalia sp. 01
Bäumchenweichkoralle

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2018-10-16 10:55:30
Last edit:: 2018-10-16 15:02:30

Élevages

Des élevages de Lemnalia flava sont possibles. Malheureusement il y en a pas assez pour le commerce. Si vous vous intéressez pour Lemnalia flava demandez a votre commerçant du élevage. Si vous avez déjà Lemnalia flava essayez vous même de faire un élevage! Vous pourriez aider au commerce et de protéger la nature.

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Very special thanks for the first photo of Lemnalia flava to Prof. Dr. Yehuda Benayahu, Israel.

External links

Corals of the South-west Indian Ocean: VI. The Alcyonacea (Octocorallia) of Mozambique, with a discussion on soft coral distribution on south equatorial East African reef (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Lemnaflavoside, a new diterpene glycoside from the soft coral Lemnalia flava (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Nardosinane sesquiterpenoids from the Formosan soft coral Lemnalia flava. (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Parasitic Copepods: Enemies of Soft Corals, False Corals, Gorgonians, Anemones, Zoanthids, and Tridacna Clams (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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