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Lobophytum venustum Soft Coral

Lobophytum venustum 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 Prof. Michael Schleyer, Südafrika

Foto: Westlicher Indischer Ozean


Courtesy of the author Prof. Michael Schleyer, Südafrika . Please visit www.wiomsa.org for more information.

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lexID:
14978 
AphiaID:
209961 
Scientific:
Lobophytum venustum 
German:
Weichkoralle 
English:
Soft Coral 
Category:
Blødkoraller 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Alcyoniidae (Family) > Lobophytum (Genus) > venustum (Species) 
Initial determination:
Tixier-Durivault, 1957 
Occurrence:
Sudan, Aldabra Group, Bismarck Archipelago, East Africa, Japan, Madagascar, Mayotte, Mozambique, Red Sea, Taiwan, Tansania, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), The Ryukyu 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:
12 - 33 Meter 
Size:
up to 39.37" (100 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:
2022-07-14 19:05:39 

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The soft coral Lobophytum venustum is relatively common and its colonies can grow quite large, but unfortunately exact size data have not been documented.

Lobophytum venustum has a pronounced "skirt" that makes the edges appear folded, and it can contract into a vase shape.

Larger specimens can have fairly pronounced marginal folds, with the center of the colony being smooth.

We thank Prof. Michael Schleyer, South Africa, for the first two photos of Lobophytum venustum from the Western Indian Ocean.

External links

  1. A revision of the genus Lobophytum von Marenzeller (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) (en). Abgerufen am 14.07.2022.
  2. Notes on Alcyonacea (Octocorallia) from Tanzania (en). Abgerufen am 14.07.2022.
  3. Octocorallia from the Bismarck Sea (part II) (en). Abgerufen am 14.07.2022.
  4. Octocoralliaires de Madagascar et des iles avoisinantes (en). Abgerufen am 14.07.2022.
  5. On two old and fourteen new species of Alcyonacea (Coelenterata, Octocorallia) from the Red Sea (en). Abgerufen am 14.07.2022.
  6. Revision de la famille des Alcyoniidae: les genres Sarcophytum et Lobophytum (fr). Abgerufen am 14.07.2022.
  7. Soft Corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from Southern Taiwan. II. Species Diversity and Distributional Patterns (en). Abgerufen am 14.07.2022.
  8. Species composition of soft corals (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) on the coral reefs of Sesoko Island, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan (en). Abgerufen am 14.07.2022.
  9. The Soft Corals of Mayotte (en). Abgerufen am 14.07.2022.
  10. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 14.07.2022.

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Foto: Westlicher Indischer Ozean
Foto: Westlicher Indischer Ozean

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