Alcyonium coralloides False Coral

Alcyonium coralloides is commonly referred to as False Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Experts only! Very hard to keep. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland

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AphiaID:: 125332

Scientific:: Alcyonium coralloides
German:: Meerhand
English:: False Coral

Category:: Soft Corals

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Alcyoniidae (Family) > Alcyonium (Genus) > coralloides (Species)
Initial determination:: (Pallas, ), 1766

Occurrence:: East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, France, North Atlantic Ocean, Portugal, Spain, the British Isles, the Mediterranean Sea
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 18 - 200 Meter
Size:: up to 5.91" (15 cm)
Temperature:: 56.84 °F - 62.24 °F (13.8°C - 16.8°C)
Food:: azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Brine Shrimps, Copepods, Dustfood , Organic suspended sediment , Plankton, Suspension feeder
Difficulty:: Experts only! Very hard to keep
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown