Cladiella sphaerophora Soft Coral

Cladiella sphaerophora 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.

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Scientific:: Cladiella sphaerophora
German:: Weichkoralle
English:: Soft Coral

Category:: Coralli molli

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Alcyoniidae (Family) > Cladiella (Genus) > sphaerophora (Species)
Initial determination:: (Ehrenberg, ), 1834

Occurrence:: French Polynesia, Gambier Islands, Japan, Madagascar, Malaysia, New Caledonia, Ogasawara Islands, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, South China Sea, Tahiti, Taiwan, The Ryukyu Islands, the Seychelles, Tuamoto Islands, Zanzibar
Sea depth:: 1 - 15 Meter
Size:: up to 11.81" (30 cm)
Temperature:: 77 °F - 84.2 °F (25°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:

Cladiella arborea
Cladiella arbusculoides
Cladiella aspera
Cladiella australis
Weichkoralle
Cladiella bottai
Cladiella brachyclados
Cladiella ceylonica
Cladiella conifera
Cladiella crassa
Cladiella daphnae
Cladiella densa
Cladiella devaneyi
Cladiella digitulatum
Cladiella dollfusi
Cladiella echinata
Cladiella elegantissima
Cladiella elongata
Cladiella exigua
Cladiella foliacea
Cladiella germaini
Cladiella globulifera
Cladiella globuliferoides
Cladiella gracilis
Cladiella hartogi
Weichkoralle
Cladiella hicksoni
Cladiella hirsuta
Cladiella humesi
Cladiella irregularis
Cladiella kashmani
Weichkoralle
Cladiella klunzingeri
Cladiella krempfi
Weichkoralle
Cladiella kükenthali
Cladiella laciniosa
Cladiella latissima
Weichkoralle
Cladiella letourneuxi
Cladiella lineata
Cladiella madagascarensis
Cladiella michelini
Cladiella minuta
Cladiella multiloba
Cladiella pachyclados
Errötende Weichkoralle
Cladiella papillosa
Cladiella pauciflora
Cladiella prattae
Cladiella pulchra
Cladiella ramosa
Cladiella rotundata
Cladiella scabra
Cladiella similis
Cladiella sphaerophora
Weichkoralle
Cladiella steineri
Cladiella studeri
Cladiella subtilis
Cladiella suezensis
Cladiella tenuis
Cladiella thomsoni
Cladiella tualerensis
Cladiella tuberculoides
Cladiella tuberculosa
Cladiella tuberosa
Cladiella variabilis

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2022-05-25 17:12:40
Last edit:: 2022-05-27 21:47:18

Info

Cladiella sphaerophora is a typical soft coral, which can certainly be kept in the aquarium similarly well as other Cladiella species.
However, we do not have any information about experience reports so far.

Synonyms:
Alcyonium sphaerophorum (Ehrenberg, 1834)
Alcyonium sphaerophorum var. sansibaricum Cohn, 1908
Lobularia sphaerophora Ehrenberg, 1834
Lobularia sphaerophorum Klunzinger, 1877
Microspicularia sphaerophora (Ehrenberg, 1834)

External links

Foto: Horaine, Insel Hahajima (Ogasawara-Inseln), Japan (en). Abgerufen am 25.05.2022.
Octocorallia from new Caledonia (en). Abgerufen am 25.05.2022.
Octocorallia from North-Western Madagascar 2 (en). Abgerufen am 25.05.2022.
Soft coral (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) diversity and distribution along a latitudinal environmental gradient and the role of their chemical defense against predatory fish in the Red Sea (en). Abgerufen am 25.05.2022.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 25.05.2022.

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