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Sclerophytum manaarense Soft Coral

Sclerophytum manaarense 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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Foto: Mot Island, Nha Trang Bay, Südchinesisches Meer

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lexID:
15405 
AphiaID:
1608900 
Scientific:
Sclerophytum manaarense 
German:
Weichkoralle 
English:
Soft Coral 
Category:
Coraux mous 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Malacalcyonacea (Order) > Sarcophytidae (Family) > Sclerophytum (Genus) > manaarense (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Verseveldt, ), 1980 
Occurrence:
Gulf of Mannar , South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Vietnam 
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:
- 12 Meter 
Size:
0.79" - 1.18" (2,7cm - 3,4cm) 
Temperature:
26,2 °F - 29,9 °F (26,2°C - 29,9°C) 
Food:
Dissolved inorganic substances) f.e.NaCL,CA, Mag, K, I.P, CO2, Dissolved organic substances, 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:
2022-12-06 16:26:08 

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Living colonies of the very small soft coral grow tree-like and reach just 2.7-3.4cm in height, some of them are united at the base and form multi-stemmed colonies .
When looking at the reef picture, it is noticeable that the can show color variations, they have cream or yellow lobes and a gray stalk; the tentacles of the polyps are colorless.

The polyps of the coral are equipped with warty rods and flattened spindles.
So far we have not noticed the soft coral Sclerophytum manaarense in the trade.

The coral was first called Sinularia manaarensis, later it was assigned to the genus Sclerophytum.

Synonym: Sinularia manaarensis Verseveldt, 1980


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