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Eunephthya thyrsoidea White cauliflower coral

Eunephthya thyrsoidea is commonly referred to as White cauliflower 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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Capnella thyrsoidea (Cauliflower coral),Port Elizabeth, Copyright Johan Swanepoel


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lexID:
9398 
AphiaID:
701643 
Scientific:
Eunephthya thyrsoidea 
German:
Weiße Bäumchenweichkoralle 
English:
White Cauliflower Coral 
Category:
Koralowce miękkie 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Octocorallia (Class) > Malacalcyonacea (Order) > Capnellidae (Family) > Eunephthya (Genus) > thyrsoidea (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Verrill, ), 1865 
Occurrence:
Indo Pacific, 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:
Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
up to 11.81" (30 cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 62.6 °F (°C - 17°C) 
Food:
No reliable information available, Zooplankton 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-03-11 21:34:31 

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Capnella thyrsoidea (Verrill, 1869)

The White cauliflower coral is often translucent whitish-cream in colour.This soft coralhang from vertical rock faces to dephts of 10-240m.Capnella thyrsoidea feeds on plantonic food.

Synonyms:
Capnella gilchristi J.S. Thomson, 1910 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Capnella rugosa (Kükenthal, 1902) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Capnella thyrsoidea (Verrill, 1865) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Eunephthya gilchristi (J.S. Thomson, 1910) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Eunephthya thyrsoides (Verrill, 1869) · unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet (incorrect authority year)
Nephthya rugosa Kükenthal, 1902 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nephthya thyrsoidea Verrill, 1865 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
Paraspongodes thyrsoidea (Verrill, 1869) · unaccepted > superseded combination (incorrect authority year)

External links

  1. Wikipedia englisch (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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