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Sclerophytum murale Soft coral

Sclerophytum murale 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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lexID:
16048 
AphiaID:
1608916 
Scientific:
Sclerophytum murale 
German:
Weichkoralle 
English:
Soft Coral 
Category:
Мягкие Кораллы 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Malacalcyonacea (Order) > Sarcophytidae (Family) > Sclerophytum (Genus) > murale (Species) 
Initial determination:
(May, ), 1899 
Occurrence:
Ambon, Endemic species, Laccadive Sea, Moluccas, Réunion , The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), Western Indian Ocean 
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:
2 - 25 Meter 
Habitats:
Reef slopes 
Size:
up to 19.69" (50 cm) 
Temperature:
78.8 °F - 27,5 °F (26°C - 27,5°C) 
Food:
Dissolved inorganic substances) f.e.NaCL,CA, Mag, K, I.P, CO2, Dissolved organic substances, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
Possible to breed 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Least concern (LC)  
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2023-11-15 15:31:10 

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Sclerophytum murale are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Sclerophytum murale, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Sclerophytum murale, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

Info

Sclerophytum murale was first described as Sinularia muralis May, 1899 and is known from Indonesian waters and parts of the Western Indian Ocean, where the soft coral was found on reef slopes.

We are not currently aware of any imports, husbandry experience or offspring of this partially overlapping soft coral.

Synonyms:
Alcyonium leptoclados var. murale May, 1899
Sinularia muralis May, 189

External links

  1. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (en). Abgerufen am 10.11.2023.
  2. Octocorals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from Reunion, with a description of two new species of the genus Sinularia May, 1898 and notes on the occurrence of other species (en). Abgerufen am 08.11.2023.
  3. Plazi (en). Abgerufen am 10.11.2023.
  4. Plazi (en). Abgerufen am 08.11.2023.
  5. The soft coral fauna (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) of Mayotte (en). Abgerufen am 10.11.2023.

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Foto; La Réuplanion, Westlicher Indischer Ozean

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