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| Genus Lobophytum Marenzeller 1886: Finger Leather, Soft
Coral. Colonies up to 2 meters across. Usually low, creeping...
lumps/folds/ridges, lobes... and vary in color... I may very well confuse
this soft coral genus w/ Sinularia, others. Surface covered with TWO
dissimilar (dimorphic) polyps that are retractable: Larger (0.5 mm) ones
called autozooids and tinier siphonozoids that lack tentacles (and dot
the surface). Common throughout its range in the Indo-Pacific. Feed via
photosynthesis and plankton. Here in Mauritius in 2016. Pic by DiF |
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Genus Lobophytum Marenzeller 1886: Finger Leather, Soft
Coral. Colonies up to 2 meters across. Usually low, creeping...
lumps/folds/ridges, lobes... and vary in color... I may very well
confuse this soft coral genus w/ Sinularia, others. Surface covered with
TWO dissimilar (dimorphic) polyps that are retractable: Larger (0.5 mm)
ones called autozooids and tinier siphonozoids that lack tentacles
(and dot the surface). Common throughout its range in the Indo-Pacific.
Feed via photosynthesis and plankton. Here in Mauritius in 2016; close
up. Pic by DiF |
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Genus Cladiella: Cauliflower, Tree Leather Coral. Knobby lobes on
stalks that are low, hard to make out. Small, uniform polyps can quickly
withdraw into the surface. Cladiella sp. Common, but never abundant where
found in the Indo-Pacific. Not as easily kept as the more common
Alcyoniids, not easily fragment reproduced. Notable for their knobbiness
and capacity to change color quickly when touched. Here in
Mauritius in 2016. Pic by DiF |
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Cespitularia erecta Macfadyen, 1936. Mauritius 2016 |
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