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Klyxum flaccidum is more widespread than stated on many specialized sites.
Color: Yellow-brown, creamy-white, while the polyps are pale brown when the colony is extensive.
The soft coral usually reaches a relatively small size, not reaching the 25cm.
It has a soft and slightly slimy consistency, the colonies have small branches in the shape of fingers.
Habitat: The soft coral is found in protected reefs, on vertical walls, especially on the coast to depths not exceeding 25 meters.
Aquaristic experience seems to be lacking so far, but the coral is of special interest in medical science, among others in the field of cancer treatment and asthma therapy.
Synonym: Alcyonium flaccidum Tixier-Durivault, 1966
Source:
Marine Drugs (MPDI) 17, no. 8: 461.
Authors: Tseng W-R, Ahmed AF, Huang C-Y, Tsai Y-Y, Tai C-J, Orfali RS, Hwang T-L, Wang Y-H, Dai C-F, Sheu J-H
Bioactive Capnosanes and Cembranes from the Soft Coral Klyxum flaccidum
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/17/8/461#supplementary
https://doi.org/10.3390/md17080461
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited
Color: Yellow-brown, creamy-white, while the polyps are pale brown when the colony is extensive.
The soft coral usually reaches a relatively small size, not reaching the 25cm.
It has a soft and slightly slimy consistency, the colonies have small branches in the shape of fingers.
Habitat: The soft coral is found in protected reefs, on vertical walls, especially on the coast to depths not exceeding 25 meters.
Aquaristic experience seems to be lacking so far, but the coral is of special interest in medical science, among others in the field of cancer treatment and asthma therapy.
Synonym: Alcyonium flaccidum Tixier-Durivault, 1966
Source:
Marine Drugs (MPDI) 17, no. 8: 461.
Authors: Tseng W-R, Ahmed AF, Huang C-Y, Tsai Y-Y, Tai C-J, Orfali RS, Hwang T-L, Wang Y-H, Dai C-F, Sheu J-H
Bioactive Capnosanes and Cembranes from the Soft Coral Klyxum flaccidum
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/17/8/461#supplementary
https://doi.org/10.3390/md17080461
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited
