Nephthea sp. Softcoral

Nephthea sp. is commonly referred to as Softcoral. Difficulty in the aquarium: niveau expert! très difficile à garder!. A aquarium size of at least 200 Liter is recommended.

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lexID:

3895 

AphiaID:

205891 

Scientific:

Nephthea sp. 

German:

Weichkoralle 

English:

Softcoral 

Category:

Coraux mous 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Octocorallia (Class) > Malacalcyonacea (Order) > Nephtheidae (Family) > Nephthea (Genus) > sp. (Species) 

Initial determination:

Forskål, 1775 

Occurrence:

Indo Pacific 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Size:

up to 9.84" (25 cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 78.8 °F (23°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Brine Shrimp Nauplii, Brine Shrimps, Copepods, Dustfood , Fish eggs, Flakes, Lobster eggs, Zooplankton 

Tank:

44 gal (~ 200L)  

Difficulty:

niveau expert! très difficile à garder! 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Nephthea sp.
  Weichkoralle
• 
  Nephthea sp. 02
  Weichkoralle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2011-11-13 08:51:18 

Last edit:

2025-10-14 20:06:18 

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