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Alcyonium variabile Variable soft coral

Alcyonium variabile is commonly referred to as Variable 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.

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Eleutherobia variabile (Variable soft coral),Port Elizabeth 2009, Copyright Johan Swanepoel


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lexID:
9450 
AphiaID:
212098 
Scientific:
Alcyonium variabile 
German:
Weichkoralle 
English:
Variable Soft Coral 
Category:
Koralowce miękkie 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Alcyoniidae (Family) > Alcyonium (Genus) > variabile (Species) 
Initial determination:
(J.S. Thomson, ), 1921 
Occurrence:
South-Africa 
Sea depth:
13 - 468 Meter 
Size:
1.97" - 2.76" (5cm - 7cm) 
Temperature:
59 °F - 66.2 °F (15°C - 19°C) 
Food:
Amphipods, azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Copepods, Invertebrates, Plankton, Zooplankton 
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:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2019-08-08 22:55:59 

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Eleutherobia variabile have a short stalk with round head covered with polyps. The colour is highly variable and varies from red,purple,orange,yellow,pink to white or a combination of these.

This colourfull Variable soft coralcan be found on rocks, shells and even encrusting sponges on vertical walls (depht 13-468 m). Its feed planktonic food.

Synonyms:
Alcyonium fungiforme Tixier-Durivault, 1954
Alcyonium luteum Tixier-Durivault, 1954
Eleutherobia variabile (J.S. Thomson, 1921)
Metalcyonium variabile Thomson, 1921
Metalcyonium variabile var. durum J.S. Thomson, 1921
Metalcyonium variabile var. molle J.S. Thomson, 1921

External links

  1. Eastern Cape Scuba Diving (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Wikipedia englisch (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Eleutherobia variabile (Variable soft coral),Port Elizabeth 2009, Copyright Johan Swanepoel
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