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Sarcophyton flexuosum Leather-Soft Mushroom

Sarcophyton flexuosumis commonly referred to as Leather-Soft Mushroom. Difficulty in the aquarium: Easy. A aquarium size of at least 200 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Live colonies of: A, Sarcophyton flexuosum Tixier-Durivault, 1966


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lexID:
15551 
AphiaID:
209620 
Scientific:
Sarcophyton flexuosum 
German:
Pilz-Lederkoralle 
English:
Leather-Soft Mushroom 
Category:
Soft Corals 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Malacalcyonacea (Order) > Sarcophytidae (Family) > Sarcophyton (Genus) > flexuosum (Species) 
Initial determination:
Tixier-Durivault, 1966 
Occurrence:
East Africa, Eastern Indian Ocean, India, Indian Ocean, Madagascar, Mozambique, Réunion , South-Africa, 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:
1 - 28,5 Meter 
Size:
up to 39.37" (100 cm) 
Temperature:
75.2 °F - 78.8 °F (24°C - 26°C) 
Food:
Dissolved inorganic substances) f.e.NaCL,CA, Mag, K, I.P, Dissolved organic substances, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Tank:
44 gal (~ 200L)  
Difficulty:
Easy 
Offspring:
Easy to breed 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2023-02-05 19:39:05 

Captive breeding / propagation

Sarcophyton flexuosum is easy to breed. There are offspring in the trade available. If you are interested in Sarcophyton flexuosum, please contact us at Your dealer for a progeny instead of a wildcat. You help to protect the natural stocks.

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Sarcophyton flexuosum Tixier-Durivault, 1966

Original description
Tixier-Durivault, A. (1966). Octocoralliaires de Madagascar et des iles avoisinantes. Faune de Madagascar. 21: 1-456., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60030792

Taxonomic citation
McFadden, C.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2023). World List of Octocorallia. Sarcophyton flexuosum Tixier-Durivault, 1966. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209620 on 2023-02-05

Scientific paper

  1. Flexusines A and B and Epimukulol from the Soft Coral Sarcophyton flexuosum, Bensemhoun, Julia; Rudi, Amira; Bombarda, Isabelle; Gaydou, Emile M.; Kashman, Yoel; Aknin, Maurice , 2008

External links

  1. A revision of the genus Sarcophyton Lesson (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea), Seite 51 (en). Abgerufen am 05.02.2023.
  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 05.02.2023.
  3. The coral reefs of Bazaruto Island, Mozambique (en). Abgerufen am 05.02.2023.
  4. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 05.02.2023.
  5. ZENODO (en). Abgerufen am 05.02.2023.

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Live colonies of: A, Sarcophyton flexuosum Tixier-Durivault, 1966

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