Litophyton arboreum Broccoli Coral

Litophyton arboreumis commonly referred to as Broccoli Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 1000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:: 5840
AphiaID:: 213038

Scientific:: Litophyton arboreum
German:: Brokkoli-Weichkoralle
English:: Broccoli Coral

Category:: Soft Corals

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Nephtheidae (Family) > Litophyton (Genus) > arboreum (Species)
Initial determination:: Forskål, 1775

Occurrence:: Suez-Kanal, China, Egypt, Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, Indo Pacific, Israel, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, Socotra Arch, Western Indian Ocean, Western Pacific 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:: 1 - 24 Meter
Size:: up to 39.37" (100 cm)
Temperature:: °F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C)
Food:: Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light
Tank:: 219.98 gal (~ 1000L)
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: Possible to breed
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Litophyton acuticonicum
Litophyton amentaceum
Litophyton arboreum
Brokkoli-Weichkoralle
Litophyton bayeri
Litophyton berdfordi
Litophyton brassicum
Litophyton bumastum
Litophyton capnelliformis
Litophyton carnosum
Litophyton cervispiculosum
Litophyton chabrolii
Weichkoralle
Litophyton columnaris
Litophyton compactum
Litophyton concinnum
Litophyton corallinum
Litophyton crassum
Litophyton cupressiformis
Litophyton curvum
Litophyton debilis
Litophyton digitatum
Litophyton elongatum
Litophyton erectum
Litophyton erinaceum
Litophyton filamentosum
Litophyton formosanum
Litophyton fulvum
Litophyton globulosum
Litophyton gracillimum
Litophyton graeffei
Litophyton griseum
Litophyton juniperum
Litophyton laevis
Litophyton lanternarium
Litophyton legiopolypum
Litophyton lighti
Litophyton maldivensis
Litophyton mollis
Litophyton nigrum
Litophyton orientale
Litophyton pacificum
Litophyton pyramidalis
Litophyton ramosum
Litophyton rigidum
Litophyton rubrum
Litophyton savignyi
Weichkoralle
Litophyton setoensis
Litophyton sibogae
Litophyton simulatum
Litophyton sphaerophorum
Litophyton striatum
Weichkoralle
Litophyton tenuis
Litophyton thujarium
Litophyton tongaensis
Litophyton viridis

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-08-05 21:20:14
Last edit:: 2022-04-27 09:40:03

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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Litophyton arboreum Forskål, 1775

Litophyton arboreum, also known as broccoli coral, is a common soft coral (octocoral) found from the Red Sea to the Western Pacific.

Synonymised names:
Ammothea arborea (Forskål, 1775) · unaccepted (changed combination)
Ammothea virescens Savigny, 1816 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lithophytum arboreum Forskål, 1775 · unaccepted (variant spelling)
Nephthea laevis sensu Verseveldt, 1974 · unaccepted
Nephthya virescens (Savigny, 1816) · unaccepted (synonym)

Scientific paper

Two new terpenoidal derivatives: a himachalene-type sesquiterpene and 13,14-secosteroid from the soft coralLitophyton arboreum, Ghandourah, Mohamed A.; Alarif, Walied M.; Abdel-Lateff, Ahmed; Al-Lihaibi, Sultan S.; Ayyad, Seif-Eldin N.; Basaif, Salim A.; Badria, Farid A. , 2015
Terpenes from the Soft Corals Litophyton arboreum and Sarcophyton ehrenbergi, Kamel H. Shaker; Michael Müller; M. Abdel Ghani; Hans-Martin Dahse; Karlheinz Seifert, 2010
Two polyhydroxylated steroids from the Chinese soft coral Litophyton arboreum, Ruisheng Li; Sanyong Wang; Guili Tan; Kanghou Long, 1994
Entry of algal symbionts into oocytes of the coral Litophyton arboreum, Y. Benayahu; D. Weil; Z. Malik, 1992

External links

Cell growth and calcification result from uncoupled physiological processes in the soft coral Litophyton arboreum (en). Abgerufen am 27.04.2022.
Compendium of marine species from New Caledonia (en). Abgerufen am 27.04.2022.
Marine Species Identification Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Pattern of Distribution and Adaptation to Different lrradiance Levels of Zooxanthellae in the Soft Coral Litophyton arboreum (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) (en). Abgerufen am 27.04.2022.
PLAGEGEISTER IM MEERWASSERAQUARIUM (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
The genus Litophyton Forskål, 1775 (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea, Nephtheidae) in the Red Sea and the western Indian Ocean (en). Abgerufen am 27.04.2022.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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