Stereonephthya imbricans Soft Coral

Stereonephthya imbricans is commonly referred to as Soft Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Experts only! Very hard to keep. A aquarium size of at least 300 Liter is recommended.

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lexID:

3696 

AphiaID:

291982 

Scientific:

Stereonephthya imbricans 

German:

Hängende Weichkoralle 

English:

Soft Coral 

Category:

Soft Corals 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Octocorallia (Class) > Malacalcyonacea (Order) > Nephtheidae (Family) > Stereonephthya (Genus) > imbricans (Species) 

Initial determination:

Thomson & Dean, 1931 

Occurrence:

Indonesia 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 78.8 °F (23°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Food specialist, Plankton 

Tank:

65.99 gal (~ 300L)  

Difficulty:

Experts only! Very hard to keep 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Stereonephthya acaulis
• Stereonephthya acicularis
• Stereonephthya armata
• Stereonephthya bellissima
• Stereonephthya campanulata
• 
  Stereonephthya cordylophora
  Weichkoralle
• Stereonephthya crystallina
• Stereonephthya cundabiluensis
• Stereonephthya cupuliformis
• Stereonephthya curvata
• Stereonephthya divergens
• Stereonephthya hirsuta
• Stereonephthya hyalina
• Stereonephthya ilex
• 
  Stereonephthya imbricans
  Hängende Weichkoralle
• Stereonephthya inordinata
• Stereonephthya irregulare
• Stereonephthya japonica
• Stereonephthya kuekenthali
• Stereonephthya lutea
• Stereonephthya macrospiculata
• Stereonephthya multispina
• Stereonephthya nosybearia
• Stereonephthya ochracea
• Stereonephthya osimaensis
• Stereonephthya papyracea
• Stereonephthya pedunculata
• Stereonephthya plessisi
• Stereonephthya portoricensis
• Stereonephthya rakaiyae
• Stereonephthya rubriflora
• Stereonephthya scaphis
• Stereonephthya spicata
• Stereonephthya ulicoides
• Stereonephthya whiteleggi
• Stereonephthya zanzibarensis
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Stereonephthya sp. 01
  Weichkoralle
• 
  Stereonephthya sp. 02
  Weichkoralle
• 
  Stereonephthya unicolor
  Weichkoralle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2011-05-11 17:16:00 

Last edit:

2024-05-04 16:27:22 

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