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Dendronephthya
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Dendronephthya

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thumb|Dendronephthya sp.

Species

トゲトサカ属

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumCnidaria
  3. ClassAnthozoa
  4. OrderMalacalcyonacea
  5. FamilyNephtheidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded8,102

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
2,330
With media
218
Family
Nephtheidae
Collections
CAS
Recorded in
Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Federated States Of Micronesia

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thumb|Dendronephthya sp.

Dendronephthya is a genus of soft corals in the family Nephtheidae. There are over 250 described species in this genus. They are sometimes kept in aquariums, but are notoriously difficult to keep, requiring a near constant supply of small foods such as phytoplankton.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dendronephthya” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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