Sclerophytum mesophoticum Sclerophytum mesophoticum

Sclerophytum mesophoticum is commonly referred to as Sclerophytum mesophoticum . 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:: Sclerophytum mesophoticum
German:: Weichkoralle
English:: Sclerophytum Mesophoticum

Category:: Soft Corals

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Octocorallia (Class) > Malacalcyonacea (Order) > Sarcophytidae (Family) > Sclerophytum (Genus) > mesophoticum (Species)
Initial determination:: (Benayahu, McFadden, Shoham & van Ofwegen, 2017

Occurrence:: Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, Israel, Red 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:: - 30 Meter
Size:: up to 17.72" (45 cm)
Temperature:: °F - 75.2 °F (°C - 24°C)
Food:: Dissolved inorganic substances) f.e.NaCL,CA, Mag, K, I.P, CO2, Dissolved organic substances, Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
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:: 2017-06-15 09:37:40
Last edit:: 2024-04-24 18:30:40

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Benayahu Y, McFadden CS, Shoham E (2017)

Source:
Benayahu Y, McFadden CS, Shoham E, van Ofwegen LP (2017) Search for mesophotic octocorals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) and their phylogeny. II. A new zooxanthellate species from Eilat, northern Red Sea. ZooKeys 676: 1-12. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.676.12751

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Erstbeschreibung Sinularia mesophotica (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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