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Dendronephthya klunzingeri is a species of soft coral in the family Nephtheidae. [1] This species is divaricate with discontinuous contours. Each bundle has 10 to 12 polyps. [2] The branching lobes have sizable bunches. [3]
These "gorgonion corals" can be found in suborders Holaxonia, Scleraxonia, and Stolonifera. Many soft corals are easily collected in the wild for the reef aquarium hobby, as small cuttings are less prone to infection or damage during shipping than stony corals.
Most soft corals such as Chrysogorgia elegans depend on a symbiotic relation with Zooxanthellae, which is an alga that lives with soft corals. This relationship gives the corals the ability for photosynthesis to take place, which allows these corals to produce energy.
Cladiella is a genus of soft corals native to the Indo-Pacific region. These corals are commonly known as colt corals or finger leather corals and are often kept in reef aquaria. They grow fast, have short rounded or conical lobes and are sticky to the touch owing to the production of much mucus. They are creamy or pale grey in colour.
Dendronephthya is a genus of soft corals in the family Nephtheidae. [2] There are over 250 described species in this genus. They are sometimes kept in aquariums, but are notoriously difficult to keep, requiring a near constant supply of small foods such as phytoplankton.
Octocorallia (also known as Alcyonaria) is a class of Anthozoa comprising over 3,000 species [1] of marine organisms formed of colonial polyps with 8-fold symmetry. It includes the blue coral, soft corals, sea pens, and gorgonians (sea fans and sea whips) within three orders: Alcyonacea, Helioporacea, and Pennatulacea. [2]
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Cladiella australis is a species of soft coral in the family Alcyoniidae.It is found in the western Indo-Pacific. It is commonly known as the finger blanching soft coral because with the polyps extended it appears brown but when poked with a finger, the polyps retract into the leathery base tissue and the coral appears white.