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Soft Corals of the Family Alcyoniidae,
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By Bob Fenner
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Sarcophyton
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Genus Minabea:
Minabea aldersladei Williams
1992. Finger shaped colonies to two inches in height, orange to
yellow in color. Western Pacific. Two types of polyps extend during
the night, covering the colony. In Pulau Redang, Malaysia and N.
Sulawesi, closed during the day. |
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Genus Rhytisma Alderslade 2000: Thin encrusting mats that are
often ribbon-like, of 2/4 mm depth. Have large gastric cavities that
appear to burst right out of the basal mat membrane. Reproduction is
mainly asexual, through fragmentation.
Rhytisma fulvum (Forsskal 1775),
Sulfur Coral, Yellow Encrusting Leather Coral. Below: a colony and
close-up in the Andaman Sea off of Thailand in the Similans that is
about six inches across, and a typical creeping colony in the Red
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Rhytisma fulvum (Forskal 1775). Forming thin,
yellow/ish colonies over dead corals. Red Sea, open and closed
colonies. |
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Genus Sarcophyton: Mushroom, Leather, Cup Leather Coral
Shedding... An important aspect of Sarcophyton
captive husbandry is their periodic sloughing of skin/mucus, sand
et al... this is one shedding in the wild off of Queensland,
Australia. Do vacuum, remove this material. |
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Sarcophyton crassocaule Cebu, Philippines
and Fiji. |
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Sarcophyton ehrenbergii Marenzeller 1885.
Common in the Indo-Pacific and aquariums. Laterally compressed
colonies with deep disks. Feeds by way of photosynthesis and
plankton. AQ pic. |
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Sarcophyton glaucum (Quoy & Gaimard
1833), Red Sea, Indo-Pacific. Hardy, easily reproduced
asexually. To one foot in diameter. Feeds on plankton or similar
material. A small and tiny one fully open in Pulau Redang,
Malaysia. |
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