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Alcyonium dolium Soft Coral

Alcyonium dolium 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.

Profilbild Urheber Dr. Leendert Pieter van Ofwegen, Catherine McFadden

Foto: Park Rynie , Lander’s Reef, KwaZulu-Natal, Süd-Afrika

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lexID:
12529 
AphiaID:
1049643 
Scientific:
Alcyonium dolium 
German:
Weichkoralle 
English:
Soft Coral 
Category:
Soft Corals 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Alcyoniidae (Family) > Alcyonium (Genus) > dolium (Species) 
Initial determination:
McFadden & van Ofwegen, 2017 
Occurrence:
South-Africa 
Sea depth:
15 - 28 Meter 
Size:
up to 1.57" (4 cm) 
Temperature:
60.8 °F - 69.8 °F (16°C - 21°C) 
Food:
Amphipods, azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Copepods, Invertebrates, Zooplankton 
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:
 
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2019-11-03 16:29:24 

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Source:
https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4363.4.1
Mcfadden, Catherine S. & Van Ofwegen, Leen P., 2017,
Revisionary systematics of the endemic soft coral fauna (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Alcyoniina) of the Agulhas Bioregion, South Africa, Zootaxa 4363 (4), pp. 451-488: 476-479
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External links

  1. Informationen zu Park Rynie (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Informationen zum Landers Reef (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Mcfadden, Catherine S. & Van Ofwegen, Leen P., 2017, Revisionary systematics of the endemic soft coral fauna (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Alcyoniina) of the Agulhas Bioregion, South Africa, Zootaxa 4363 (4), pp. 451-488: 463-464 (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Foto: Park Rynie , Lander’s Reef, KwaZulu-Natal, Süd-Afrika

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