Sclerophytum abruptum Dense Leather Coral, Soft Finger Coral, Abrupt leather-coral

Sclerophytum abruptum is commonly referred to as Dense Leather Coral, Soft Finger Coral, Abrupt leather-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.

Dr. Leen P. Van Ofwegen (†), Netherlands

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lexID:: 12419
AphiaID:: 1608810

Scientific:: Sclerophytum abruptum
German:: Weichkoralle
English:: Dense Leather Coral, Soft Finger Coral, Abrupt Leather-coral

Category:: Mjukkoraller

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Octocorallia (Class) > Malacalcyonacea (Order) > Sarcophytidae (Family) > Sclerophytum (Genus) > abruptum (Species)
Initial determination:: (Tixier-Durivault, ), 1970

Occurrence:: Arabian Sea, Australia, Banda Sea, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), East Africa, East China Sea, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japan, Micronesia, Mozambique, North Pacific (Ocean), Oceania, Okinawa, Palau, Philippines, South-Africa, South-Pazific, Vietnam, Western Indian Ocean
Sea depth:: 2 - 28,5 Meter
Size:: up to 39.37" (100 cm)
Temperature:: 80.6 °F - 28,7 °F (27°C - 28,7°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:

Not evaluated (NE)

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Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2019-09-19 15:47:29
Last edit:: 2024-04-23 19:47:54

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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Sclerophytum abruptum is a soft coral, that forms huge, flat crusts with irregular, twisted, wall-like knobs that are alrger and taller than sthose of other members of this genus.
The corals shwos well defined walls mark the edge of the colonies, hence the name "abrupta"
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Sclerophytum abruptum is common on surge-exposed shallow reefs.

External links

Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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