Alcyonium antarcticum Antarctic soft coral

Alcyonium antarcticum is commonly referred to as Antarctic soft coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

7394 

AphiaID:

231819 

Scientific:

Alcyonium antarcticum 

German:

Meerhand 

English:

Antarctic Soft Coral 

Category:

Soft Corals 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Alcyoniidae (Family) > Alcyonium (Genus) > antarcticum (Species) 

Initial determination:

Wright & Studer, 1889 

Occurrence:

Antarctica, Kerguelen Islands, Terre Adélie 

Sea depth:

18 - 619 Meter 

Habitats:

Estuaries (river mouths) 

Size:

3.94" - 5.91" (10cm - 15cm) 

Temperature:

-0,3 °F - 4,2 °F (-0,3°C - 4,2°C) 

Food:

Phytoplankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Alcyonium acaule
  Mittelmeer-Meerhand
• Alcyonium adriaticum
• Alcyonium altum
• 
  Alcyonium antarcticum
  Meerhand
• Alcyonium aspiculatum
• Alcyonium aurantiacum
• Alcyonium bocagei
• Alcyonium bosphorense
• Alcyonium brioniense
• 
  Alcyonium burmedju
  Tiefsee-Weichkoralle
• Alcyonium bursa
• Alcyonium capitatum
• Alcyonium catalai
• Alcyonium ceylonense
• Alcyonium clavatum
• Alcyonium compactofestucum
• Alcyonium confertum
• 
  Alcyonium coralloides
  Meerhand
• Alcyonium cydonium
• Alcyonium dendroides
• 
  Alcyonium digitatum
  Tote Manns Hand, Tote Meerhand
• Alcyonium distinctum
• Alcyonium echinatum
• Alcyonium elegans
• Alcyonium etheridgei
• Alcyonium faura
• 
  Alcyonium fauri
  Weichkoralle
• Alcyonium flabellum
• Alcyonium foliatum
• Alcyonium fulvum
• Alcyonium fungiforme
• 
  Alcyonium glaciophilum
  Weichkoralle
• 
  Alcyonium glomeratum
  Rote Meerhand
• Alcyonium grandiflorum
• Alcyonium grandis
• Alcyonium graniferum
• 
  Alcyonium haddoni
  Weichkoralle
• 
  Alcyonium hibernicum
  Rosafarbener Seefinger, Weichkoralle
• 
  Alcyonium jorgei
  Weichkoralle
• Alcyonium luteum
• Alcyonium manusdiaboli
• 
  Alcyonium maristenebrosi
  Tiefsee-Weichkoralle
• 
  Alcyonium megasclerum
  Tiefsee-Weichkoralle
• Alcyonium muricatum
• Alcyonium pacificum
• 
  Alcyonium palmatum
  Große Meerhand
• Alcyonium patagonicum
• Alcyonium paucilobulatum
• 
  Alcyonium profundum
  Tiefsee-Weichkoralle
• Alcyonium repens
• Alcyonium reptans
• Alcyonium robustum
• 
  Alcyonium roseum
  Weichkoralle
• Alcyonium rotiferum
• Alcyonium senegalense
• Alcyonium sidereum
• Alcyonium sollasi
• Alcyonium southgeorgiensis
• Alcyonium spitzbergense
• Alcyonium submurale
• Alcyonium varum
• Alcyonium verseveldti
• Alcyonium wilsoni
• 
  Alcyonium yepayek
  Weichkoralle
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More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Alcyonium dolium
  Weichkoralle
• 
  Alcyonium sp.
  Weichkoralle Meerhand
• 
  Alcyonium variabile
  Weichkoralle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-07-26 08:44:25 

Last edit:

2020-09-28 17:38:50 

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