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Paralemnalia thyrsoides Soft Coral

Paralemnalia thyrsoides 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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Foto: Mayotte, Westlicher Indischer Ozean


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lexID:
14996 
AphiaID:
290659 
Scientific:
Paralemnalia thyrsoides 
German:
Weichkoralle 
English:
Soft Coral 
Category:
Soft Corals 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Nephtheidae (Family) > Paralemnalia (Genus) > thyrsoides (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Ehrenberg, ), 1834 
Occurrence:
Eritrea, Australia, Bismarck Archipelago, Cebu ((Philippines), China, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Great Barrier Reef, Guam, Japan, Madagascar, Mayotte, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Palau, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Tansania, Vietnam, Western Indian Ocean, Zanzibar 
Sea depth:
6 - 15 Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
up to 5.91" (15 cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°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:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-10-28 17:39:02 

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Paralemnalia thyrsoides (Ehrenberg, 1834)

Although this soft coral Paralemnalia thyrsoides is generally considered common, it was not frequently encountered in the reefs around Mayotte in the western Indian Ocean.
However, where it did occur, colonies were sometimes abundant.

Paralemnalia thyrsoides is mostly beige in color.

The colonies have a series of a few branched, thickened, asparagus-like lobes arising from a fleshy, encrusting base.

Synonymised names
Ammothea thyrsoides Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
Lemnalia thyrsoides (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Lithophytum thyrsoides (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Lithophytum thyrsoides var. durum Thomson & Henderson, 1906 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Paralemnaria thyrsoides (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Verrilliana thyrsoides (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > superseded combination

External links

  1. Erstbeschreibung als Lithophytum thyrsoides, Seite 427 (en). Abgerufen am 17.07.2022.
  2. Soft corals (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) of the southern Red Sea (en). Abgerufen am 17.07.2022.
  3. The Soft Corals of Mayotte (en). Abgerufen am 17.07.2022.
  4. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 17.07.2022.

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Foto: Mayotte, Westlicher Indischer Ozean

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