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Alcyonium Bosphorense
''Alcyonium'' is a genus of Alcyonacea, soft corals in the Family (biology), family Alcyoniidae and class octocorallia. Alcyonium generally called as dead men's finger. Introduction Alcyonium or dead man's fingers is a species of soft coral in the family Alcyoniidae. It is found around the coasts of the northern Atlantic Ocean and other temperate waters such as the South Pacific. Species Species in the genus include: * ''Alcyonium acaule'' Marion, 1878 * ''Alcyonium adriaticum'' Kükenthal, 1909 * ''Alcyonium altum'' Tixier-Durivault, 1955 * ''Alcyonium antarcticum'' Wright & studer, 1889 * ''Alcyonium aspiculatum'' Tixier-Durivault, 1955 * ''Alcyonium aurantiacum'' Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 * ''Alcyonium bocagei'' (William Saville-Kent, Saville Kent, 1870) * ''Alcyonium bosphorense'' Tixier-Durivault, 1961 * ''Alcyonium brioniense'' Kükenthal, 1907 * ''Alcyonium burmedju'' Sampaio, Stokvis & Ofwegen, 2016 * ''Alcyonium bursa'' Linnaeus, 1758 * ''Alcyonium capitatum'' (Pfeffer, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alcyonium Fauri
The purple soft coral (''Alcyonium fauri'') is a species of colonial Alcyonacea, soft coral in the Family (biology), family Alcyoniidae.Branch, G.M., Branch, M.L, Griffiths, C.L. and Beckley, L.E. 2010. ''Two Oceans: a guide to the marine life of southern Africa'' Description Purple soft corals grow in small colonies of up to 3 cm in height. The diameter of the individual polyps is 0.4 cm. They are usually bright purple, although they may be yellow, pink, red, dark grey or orange. The soft colony is encrusting and variably shaped. Feeding polyps extend eight tentacles into the water column.Jones, Georgina. ''A field guide to the marine animals of the Cape Peninsula.'' SURG, Cape Town, 2008. Distribution This species is known from Saldanha Bay to Richards Bay off the South African coast, and lives from the low intertidal to 90m under water. Ecology This species feeds on microplankton. It is preyed on by the nudibranchs ''Leminda millecra'' and two extremely well camou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |