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Lobophytum variatum Soft Coral

Lobophytum variatum is commonly referred to as 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.

Profilbild Urheber Dr. Yukimitsu Imahara. Wakayama Laboratory, Biological Institute on Kuroshio, Japan

Foto: Ogasawara, Japan


Courtesy of the author Dr. Yukimitsu Imahara. Wakayama Laboratory, Biological Institute on Kuroshio, Japan

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lexID:
14891 
AphiaID:
288817 
Scientific:
Lobophytum variatum 
German:
Weichkoralle 
English:
Soft Coral 
Category:
Koralowce miękkie 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Octocorallia (Class) > Malacalcyonacea (Order) > Sarcophytidae (Family) > Lobophytum (Genus) > variatum (Species) 
Initial determination:
Tixier-Durivault, 1957 
Occurrence:
American Samoa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Gulf of Mannar , India, Indian Ocean, Japan, Madagascar, New Caledonia, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), 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:
Meter 
Food:
Zooxanthellae / Light 
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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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-12-03 20:20:57 

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Unfortunately, there is not so much worth reporting about Lobophytum variatum, known is its green-white coloration and the fact that it likes to live on shallow plateaus.
In our research, only one depth release was found (17.9 meters depth, Hiroshima, Japan, on 3. 7.2015).
Information on the size of the coral is lacking as well as complete information on biology and water depth.

Perhaps a diving user can contribute valuable missing data here.

We would like to thank Dr. Yukimitsu Imahara, Wakayama Laboratory, Biological Institute on Kuroshio, Japan, for the first photo of this soft coral species.

External links

  1. Beschreibung Lobophytum variatum aus Japan (en). Abgerufen am 12.06.2022.
  2. Erstbeschreibung Seite 110 (en). Abgerufen am 12.06.2022.
  3. Pctocorallia: Alcyonavea of Andaman Islands, Bay of Bengal (en). Abgerufen am 12.06.2022.
  4. Phylogenetic relationships within the tropical soft coral genera Sarcophyton and Lobophytum (Anthozoa, Octocorallia) (en). Abgerufen am 12.06.2022.

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Foto: Ogasawara, Japan

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