Alcyonium palmatum Red Finger Coral, Sea finger

Alcyonium palmatum is commonly referred to as Red Finger Coral, Sea finger. Difficulty in the aquarium: Alleen voor experts! Zeer moeilijk houdbaar . Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:: 5865
AphiaID:: 125334

Scientific:: Alcyonium palmatum
German:: Große Meerhand
English:: Red Finger Coral, Sea Finger

Category:: Zachte koralen

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Alcyoniidae (Family) > Alcyonium (Genus) > palmatum (Species)
Initial determination:: Pallas, 1766

Occurrence:: Tunesien, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), East-Atlantic Ocean, Portugal, Spain, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the British Isles, the Mediterranean Sea
Sea depth:: 20 - 200 Meter
Size:: up to 11.81" (30 cm)
Temperature:: °F - 68 °F (°C - 20°C)
Food:: Brine Shrimp Nauplii, Dustfood , Plankton, Zooplankton
Difficulty:: Alleen voor experts! Zeer moeilijk houdbaar
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Alcyonium acaule
Mittelmeer-Meerhand
Alcyonium adriaticum
Alcyonium altum
Alcyonium antarcticum
Meerhand
Alcyonium aspiculatum
Alcyonium aurantiacum
Alcyonium bocagei
Alcyonium bosphorense
Alcyonium brioniense
Alcyonium burmedju
Tiefsee-Weichkoralle
Alcyonium bursa
Alcyonium capitatum
Alcyonium catalai
Alcyonium ceylonense
Alcyonium clavatum
Alcyonium compactofestucum
Alcyonium confertum
Alcyonium coralloides
Meerhand
Alcyonium cydonium
Alcyonium dendroides
Alcyonium digitatum
Tote Manns Hand, Tote Meerhand
Alcyonium distinctum
Alcyonium echinatum
Alcyonium elegans
Alcyonium etheridgei
Alcyonium faura
Alcyonium fauri
Weichkoralle
Alcyonium flabellum
Alcyonium foliatum
Alcyonium fulvum
Alcyonium fungiforme
Alcyonium glaciophilum
Weichkoralle
Alcyonium glomeratum
Rote Meerhand
Alcyonium grandiflorum
Alcyonium grandis
Alcyonium graniferum
Alcyonium haddoni
Weichkoralle
Alcyonium hibernicum
Rosafarbener Seefinger, Weichkoralle
Alcyonium jorgei
Weichkoralle
Alcyonium luteum
Alcyonium manusdiaboli
Alcyonium maristenebrosi
Tiefsee-Weichkoralle
Alcyonium megasclerum
Tiefsee-Weichkoralle
Alcyonium muricatum
Alcyonium pacificum
Alcyonium palmatum
Große Meerhand
Alcyonium patagonicum
Alcyonium paucilobulatum
Alcyonium profundum
Tiefsee-Weichkoralle
Alcyonium repens
Alcyonium reptans
Alcyonium robustum
Alcyonium roseum
Weichkoralle
Alcyonium rotiferum
Alcyonium senegalense
Alcyonium sidereum
Alcyonium sollasi
Alcyonium southgeorgiensis
Alcyonium spitzbergense
Alcyonium submurale
Alcyonium varum
Alcyonium verseveldti
Alcyonium wilsoni
Alcyonium yepayek
Weichkoralle

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-08-11 12:47:50
Last edit:: 2013-08-11 12:47:50

Info

Pallas, 1766

Axzooxanthellate soft coral, that need continuous inflow of plancton, better left in the wild.

Host of the following copepods:
Lamippella faurei Bouligand & Delamare Deboutteville, 1959
Lamippe aciculifera Zulueta, 1908
Lamippe proteus Claparède, 1867
Lamippe rubicunda (Olsson, 1869)
Lamippella faurei Bouligand & Delamare Deboutteville, 1959

External links

OVERVIEW OF THE CONSERVATION STATUS OF MEDITERRANEAN ANTHOZOA (en). Abgerufen am 05.03.2022.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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