species: Scleronephthya sp. in Lizard Island Field Guide (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Scleronephthya sp.


©Anne Hoggett: Scleronephthya sp. on the reef slope between Bird and South Islands, Lizard Island Group.

©Anne Hoggett: Scleronephthya sp. on the reef slope between Bird and South Islands, Lizard Island Group.

©Anne Hoggett: Scleronephthya sp. hanging from the ceiling of a cavern on the northern side of Lizard Island. Thanks to Dr Phil Alderslade (octocoral expert) for the id.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Cnidaria
Class Anthozoa
Order Malacalcyonacea
Family Nephtheidae
Genus Scleronephthya
Species Scleronephthya sp.

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Distinguishing features

Often hanging from ceilings of overhangs; polyps often with a red oral area.

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  • Size data has not been obtained.

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References

  • Fabricius, K. and P. Alderslade (2001). Soft corals and sea fans: A comprehensive guide to the tropical shallow water genera of the central-west Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea Australian Institute of Marine Science and Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Australia.
  • McFadden, C.S., L.P. van Ofwegen and A.M. Quattrini (2022). Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics. Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists, https://doi.org/10.18061/bssb.v1i3.8735. LIRS catalog number 90430.