Sclerophytum flexibile Spaghetti Finger Leather Coral

Sclerophytum flexibile is commonly referred to as Spaghetti Finger Leather Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Molto facile. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Scientific:: Sclerophytum flexibile
German:: Spaghetti Fingerlederkoralle
English:: Spaghetti Finger Leather Coral

Category:: Coralli molli

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Octocorallia (Class) > Malacalcyonacea (Order) > Sarcophytidae (Family) > Sclerophytum (Genus) > flexibile (Species)
Initial determination:: (Quoy & Gaimard, ), 1833

Occurrence:: Banda Sea, China, Fiji, Great Barrier Reef, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, New Caledonia, Palau, Philippines, Taiwan, Timor Sea, Western Pacific Ocean
Marine Zone:: Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters
Sea depth:: 1 - 15 Meter
Size:: up to 11.81" (30 cm)
Temperature:: 77 °F - 84.2 °F (25°C - 29°C)
Food:: Phytoplankton, Zooxanthellae / Light
Tank:: 22 gal (~ 100L)
Difficulty:: Molto facile
Offspring:: Easy to breed
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

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Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2004-09-10 09:40:53
Last edit:: 2024-04-24 15:26:51

Captive breeding / propagation

Sclerophytum flexibile is easy to breed. There are offspring in the trade available. If you are interested in Sclerophytum flexibile, please contact us at Your dealer for a progeny instead of a wildcat. You help to protect the natural stocks.

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Sinularia flexibilis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Sclerophytum flexibileis a soft coral and commonly known as the spaghetti finger leather coral.It can be found as large colonies at depths of 1-15 m.

Synonyms:
Alcyonium flexibile Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
Alcyonium flexile Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
Danella flexibilis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Sinularia flexibilis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Sinularia flexilis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)

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

External links

Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Herbivory in the soft coral Sinularia flexibilis (Alcyoniidae) (en). Abgerufen am 14.06.2022.
The soft coral Sinularia flexibilis:potential for drug development (en). Abgerufen am 27.10.2021.
Wikipedia (de). 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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Enceladus
@Enceladus

am 12.04.10#3

Ist bei mir rasend schnell gewachsen und kann sich wie auch andere lederkorallen in verschiedenen Abständen "häuten" (bei mir hat sie es meist einmal im Monat gemacht)

janschmidt
@janschmidt

am 11.05.07#2

Eine schöne schnell wacksende Koralle die auch unter T8 und T5 gut zu halten ist.

Kristine Friesen
@Kristine Friesen

am 12.02.06#1

Diese Koralle sitzt bei 250 Watt HQI am Boden (60cm). Sie breitet sich stark aus und nesselt leicht.
Sie ist 3 Jahre in unserem Becken.

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