Malacacanthus capensis Sun burst soft coral

Malacacanthus capensis is commonly referred to as Sun burst 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:

10650 

AphiaID:

213058 

Scientific:

Malacacanthus capensis 

German:

Sonnenstrahlen-Weichkoralle 

English:

Sun Burst Soft Coral 

Category:

Mjukkoraller 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Alcyoniidae (Family) > Malacacanthus (Genus) > capensis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Hickson, ), 1900 

Occurrence:

South-Africa 

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:

10 - 93 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 5.91" (15 cm) 

Temperature:

59 °F - 66.2 °F (15°C - 19°C) 

Food:

Plankton 

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:

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  Malacacanthus capensis
  Sonnenstrahlen-Weichkoralle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-04-17 19:25:29 

Last edit:

2026-03-22 20:25:15 

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