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Malacacanthus capensis Sun burst soft coral

Malacacanthus capensis is commonly referred to as Sun burst 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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Malacacanthus capensis (Sun burst soft coral)


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lexID:
10650 
AphiaID:
213058 
Scientific:
Malacacanthus capensis 
German:
Sonnenstrahlen-Weichkoralle 
English:
Sun Burst Soft Coral 
Category:
Zachte koralen 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Alcyoniidae (Family) > Malacacanthus (Genus) > capensis (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Hickson, ), 1900 
Occurrence:
South-Africa 
Sea depth:
10 - 93 Meter 
Size:
up to 5.91" (15 cm) 
Temperature:
59 °F - 66.2 °F (15°C - 19°C) 
Food:
Plankton 
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
:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2017-04-18 08:27:43 

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Malacacanthus capensis (Hickson, 1900)

Malacacanthus capensis has a cylindrical, brown or orange stalk with a aradiating ball of bright yellow or orange polyps, When disturbed the colony can contracts. Sun burst soft coral feeds o plantonic animals.

It is the only species known in its genus.

Synonym:
Heteroxenia capensis

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Octocorallia (Subclass) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Alcyoniina (Suborder) > Alcyoniidae (Family) > Malacacanthus (Genus) > Malacacanthus capensis (Species)

External links

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

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