Alcyonium fauri Purple soft coral

Alcyonium fauri is commonly referred to as Purple 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.

Johan Swanepoel, Südafrika

Alycyonium fauri (Purple soft coral),Port Elizabeth, Copyright Johan Swanepoel

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lexID:: 9395
AphiaID:: 287358

Scientific:: Alcyonium fauri
German:: Weichkoralle
English:: Purple Soft Coral

Category:: Soft Corals

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Alcyoniidae (Family) > Alcyonium (Genus) > fauri (Species)
Initial determination:: Studer, 1910

Occurrence:: South-Africa
Sea depth:: 1 - 20 Meter
Size:: 1.18" - 11.81" (3cm - 30cm)
Temperature:: °F - 62.6 °F (°C - 17°C)
Food:: Zooplankton
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:

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

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2016-02-27 15:30:51
Last edit:: 2016-02-27 15:30:51

Info

Alcyonium fauri Studer, 1910

The Purple soft corals grow in small colonies up to 3 cm in height, 30 cm in diameter,individual polyps is 0,4 cm. The colour varies from usually bright purple to yellow, pink, red, dark grey or orange. It is preyed on by the nudibranchs Leminda millecra and Tritonia species.

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Octocorallia (Subclass) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Alcyoniina (Suborder) > Alcyoniidae (Family) > Alcyonium (Genus) > Alcyonium fauri (Species)

External links

Eastern Cape Scuba Diving (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikipedia englisch (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Alycyonium fauri (Purple soft coral),Port Elizabeth, Copyright Johan Swanepoel

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