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Soft Corals of the Family
Nephtheidae,
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| Dendronephthya (Roxasia) sp. 1. Bushy
to tree-like. Branched and re-branched to more slender ends.
Indo-West Pacific; Red Sea, East Africa to Japan, Philippines,
Micro- and Polynesia. N. Sulawesi pix. |
 
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| Dendronephthya (Roxasia) sp. 2.
Similar to sp. 1, but with white branches, red/magenta polyp
clusters. Often an upright grower. Western Pacific; New Guinea,
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| Dendronephthya (Morchellana) sp. 2.
Tri-colored... white branches, magenta or white sclerites. Polyp
clusters in umbrella like groupings. Western Pacific; Philippines.
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| Dendronephthya (Spongodes) sp. 1.
Bushy, prickly colonies on few, short branches, polyps grouped in
tight round bunches. Indo-Western Pacific. N. Sulawesi pic. |
 
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| Dendronephthya (Morchellana) sp. 2.
Large (up to a meter tall) colonies of white branching, with
roundish polyp clusters that are "spiky". Western
Pacific; Madang, PNG. N. Sulawesi pic. |
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| Dendronephthya sp. Here as glomerate
colonies in N. Sulawesi. |
 
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Genus Lemnalia Gray 1868: Slender branched, tree-like soft
corals with long, bare, thin stalks and branches, small roundish polyps
sparsely distributed on branches, twigs, and cannot retract into body.
Indo-West Pacific; East Africa to Australia, Japan.
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