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Litophyton striatum Soft Coral

Litophyton striatum 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.

Profilbild Urheber Dr. Yukimitsu Imahara. Wakayama Laboratory, Biological Institute on Kuroshio, Japan

Foto: Ogasawara, Japan


Courtesy of the author Dr. Yukimitsu Imahara. Wakayama Laboratory, Biological Institute on Kuroshio, Japan

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lexID:
14890 
AphiaID:
874127 
Scientific:
Litophyton striatum 
German:
Weichkoralle 
English:
Soft Coral 
Category:
Soft Corals 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Nephtheidae (Family) > Litophyton (Genus) > striatum (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Kükenthal, ), 1903 
Occurrence:
Eritrea, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Egypt, Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, Indonesia, Japan, Madagascar, Moluccas, New Caledonia, Okinawa, Red Sea, Socotra Arch, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), The Ryukyu Islands, Western Indian Ocean 
Sea depth:
0 - 35 Meter 
Size:
up to 2.76" (7 cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 84.2 °F (°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:
  • Litophyton acuticonicum
  • Litophyton amentaceum
  • Litophyton arboreum
    Brokkoli-Weichkoralle
  • Litophyton bayeri
  • Litophyton berdfordi
  • Litophyton brassicum
  • Litophyton bumastum
  • Litophyton capnelliformis
  • Litophyton carnosum
  • Litophyton cervispiculosum
 
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in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-06-12 09:39:06 

Info

Litophyton striatum is mainly known from the Western Indian Ocean, the Red Sea and Japan, New Caledonia and Indonesia.
The soft coral appears stiff, which is caused by a large number of long sclerites, up to one millimeter long.
The stalk of Litophyton striatum is very short.

The color of the coral is cream, although it appears more greenish in the photo.

Unfortunately, we do not have any further information about the biology and propagation of Litophyton striatum at the moment.

Our special thanks for the first photo of this soft coral species goes to Dr. Yukimitsu Imahara, Wakayama Laboratory, Biological Institute on Kuroshio, Japan

Synonyms:
Nephthea elatensis Verseveldt & Cohen, 1971
Nephthea galbuloides Verseveldt, 1973
Nephthea striata Kükenthal, 1903
Nephthya striata Kükenthal, 1903

External links

  1. Annotated check list of New Caledonian soft corals (en). Abgerufen am 11.06.2022.
  2. Preliminary Report on the Octocorals (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Octocorallia) from the Ogasawara Islands (en). Abgerufen am 11.06.2022.
  3. The genus Litophyton Forskål, 1775 (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea, Nephtheidae) in the Red Sea and the western Indian Ocean (en). Abgerufen am 11.06.2022.
  4. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 11.06.2022.

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Foto: Ogasawara, Japan

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