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Sarcophyton latum Leather Coral

Sarcophyton latumis commonly referred to as Leather Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Easy. A aquarium size of at least 450 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
11663 
AphiaID:
288297 
Scientific:
Sarcophyton latum 
German:
Lederkoralle 
English:
Leather Coral 
Category:
Soft Corals 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Alcyoniidae (Family) > Sarcophyton (Genus) > latum (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Dana, ), 1846 
Occurrence:
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Fiji, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Madagascar, Mascarene Islands, New Caledonia, Philippines, Red Sea, Solomon Islands, Western Indian Ocean 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
10 - 15 Meter 
Size:
5.91" - 19.69" (15cm - 50cm) 
Temperature:
68 °F - 82.4 °F (20°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Dissolved inorganic substances) f.e.NaCL,CA, Mag, K, I.P, Dissolved organic substances, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Tank:
98.99 gal (~ 450L)  
Difficulty:
Easy 
Offspring:
Possible to breed 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2018-10-05 16:36:18 

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Sarcophyton latum are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Sarcophyton latum, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Sarcophyton latum, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

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Sarcophyton latum (Dana, 1846)

Synonymised names:
Alcyonium latum Dana, 1846 · unaccepted (original combination)
Areocella latum (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted (changed combination)
Sarcophytum latum (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted (variant spelling)

Direct children (1):
Variety Sarcophyton latum var. voeltzkowi Moser, 1919 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)

Source:
Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 August 2017 | 9(8): 10577–10580
First report of soft coral Sarcophyton birkelandi Verseveldt, 1978 (Anthozoa: Alcyonacea) in Indian waters from Andaman Islands
Autoren: Drs: Seepana Rajendra, C. Raghunathan, Tamal Mondal, K. Venkataraman
Open Access Article

Scientific paper

  1. Two new biscembranes with unprecedented carbon skeleton and their probable biogenetic precursor from the Hainan soft coral Sarcophyton latum, Xiao-Hong Yan; Margherita Gavagnin; Guido Cimino; Yue-Wei Guo, 2007

External links

  1. AquaPortail (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. New distribution records of three Sarcophyton species (Alcyonacea: Alcyoniidae) in Indian waters from Andaman Islands (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 29.01.2023.

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