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Sarcophyton nanwanensis Lether Coral

Sarcophyton nanwanensis is commonly referred to as Lether 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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lexID:
12615 
AphiaID:
288299 
Scientific:
Sarcophyton nanwanensis 
German:
Lederkoralle 
English:
Lether Coral 
Category:
Soft Corals 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Alcyoniidae (Family) > Sarcophyton (Genus) > nanwanensis (Species) 
Initial determination:
Benayahu & Perkol-Finkel, 2004 
Occurrence:
Celebes Sea, Indonesia, Japan, Okinawa, Philippines, Taiwan 
Sea depth:
3,5 - 31 Meter 
Size:
up to 23.62" (60 cm) 
Temperature:
77 °F - 26,5 °F (25°C - 26,5°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:
Possible to breed 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
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Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2019-12-04 15:34:12 

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Sarcophyton nanwanensis are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Sarcophyton nanwanensis, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Sarcophyton nanwanensis, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

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Sarcophyton nanwanensis Benayahu & Perkol-Finkel, 2004

External links

  1. Soft Corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from Southern Taiwan. I. Sarcophyton nanwanensis sp. nov. (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 29.01.2023.
  3. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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