Eleutherobia dofleini Softcoral

Eleutherobia dofleini is commonly referred to as Softcoral. 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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lexID:: 11337
AphiaID:: 287758

Scientific:: Eleutherobia dofleini
German:: Weichkoralle
English:: Softcoral

Category:: Mykkoraller

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Alcyoniidae (Family) > Eleutherobia (Genus) > dofleini (Species)
Initial determination:: (Kükenthal, ), 1906

Occurrence:: Flores, Indonesia, Japan
Sea depth:: 50 - 180 Meter
Size:: up to 2.36" (6 cm)
Temperature:: °F - 75.2 °F (°C - 24°C)
Food:: Amphipods, azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Copepods, Dissolved inorganic substances) f.e.NaCL,CA, Mag, K, I.P, CO2, Dissolved organic substances, 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:

Eleutherobia australiensis
Eleutherobia dofleini
Weichkoralle
Eleutherobia duriuscula
Eleutherobia flava
Eleutherobia grandiflora
Eleutherobia imaharai
Eleutherobia lutea
Eleutherobia rigida
Eleutherobia rubra
Weichkoralle
Eleutherobia somaliensis
Eleutherobia splendens
Eleutherobia studeri
Eleutherobia sumbawaensis
Eleutherobia unicolor
Eleutherobia variabile
Eleutherobia vinadigitaria

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2018-01-14 19:58:11
Last edit:: 2021-02-07 11:48:39

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Eleutherobia dofleini is a soft coral that has not entered into a symbiosis with zooxanthellae, but is dependent on catching drifting small zooplankton. In order to be regularly supplied with sufficient plankton, the sessile coral needs a place with a continuous current.

Synonyms:
Bellonella (Eleutherobia) dofleini (Kükenthal, 1906)
Bellonella dofleini (Kükenthal, 1906)
Eleutherobia dofleini (Kükenthal, 1906)

External links

Izuzuki Diver, Satoshi Yamamoto (jp). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
REVISION OF THE GENERA BELLONELLA, ELEUTHEROBIA, NIDAUA AND NIDALIOPSIS (OCTOCORALLIA: ALCYONIIDAE AND NIDALLUDAE), WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF TWO NEW GENERA, Seite 27 (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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