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Ovabunda impulsatilla Soft Coral

Ovabunda impulsatilla 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 Prof. Michael Schleyer, Südafrika

Foto: Mayotte, Westlicher Indischer Ozean


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lexID:
14993 
AphiaID:
520699 
Scientific:
Ovabunda impulsatilla 
German:
Weichkoralle 
English:
Soft Coral 
Category:
Soft Corals 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Xeniidae (Family) > Ovabunda (Genus) > impulsatilla (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Verseveldt & Cohen, ), 1971 
Occurrence:
Suez-Kanal, Egypt, Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, Indonesia, Mayotte, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Seychelles, Western Indian Ocean 
Sea depth:
2 - 30 Meter 
Size:
2,5 cm 
Temperature:
°F - 84.2 °F (°C - 29°C) 
Food:
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) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-07-17 21:54:51 

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Ovabunda impulsatilla is a smaller soft coral of the family Xeniidae, but seems to be more robust than its sister species Ovabunda faraunensi.

The initial description indicates that the polyps are pulsating in this species, but the paper "A revision of the octocoral genus Ovabunda Alderslade, 2001 (Anthozoa, Octocorallia, Xeniidae)" contradicts the pulsation of the species.

Similar species. Ovabunda impulsatilla is most similar to Ovabunda biseriata.

Synonyms:
Ovabunda aldersladei Janes, 2008
Xenia impulsatilla Verseveldt & Cohen, 1971 (original combination)
Xenia miniata Reinicke, 1997

External links

  1. A revision of the octocoral genus Ovabunda Alderslade, 2001 (Anthozoa, Octocorallia, Xeniidae) (en). Abgerufen am 16.07.2022.
  2. The Soft Corals of Mayotte (en). Abgerufen am 16.07.2022.
  3. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 16.07.2022.
  4. Xeniidae (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) from the Red Sea, with the description of a new species (en). Abgerufen am 16.07.2022.

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Foto: Mayotte, Westlicher Indischer Ozean

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