| Euphyllia glabrescens | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hexacorallia |
| Order: | Scleractinia |
| Family: | Euphylliidae |
| Genus: | Euphyllia |
| Species: | E. glabrescens
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| Binomial name | |
| Euphyllia glabrescens Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821
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List
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Euphyllia glabrescens is a species of large-polyped stony coral belonging to the family Euphylliidae. [2] Its common name is the torch coral due to its long sweeper tentacles tipped with potent cnidocytes. [3] It is a commonly kept species in the marine aquarium hobby, particularly specimens from Indonesia and Fiji, who fulfilled annual export quotas of 28,000 and 6,000 pieces, respectively, in 2005. [4]
Description
Euphyllia glabrescens is a colonial coral with a phaceloid formation of corallites 20-30 millimeters (0.8 - 1.2 inches) in diameter and spaced 15-30 millimeters (0.6 - 1.2 inches) apart. Walls are thin, with sharp edges. Polyps have large tubular tentacles with knob-like tips. [5] It can be a number of colors, and is often bicolored with contrasting tentacles and polyp tips.
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Green, yellow tipped -
Beige, green tipped -
Beige, white tipped
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Distribution & habitat
This is a widely distributed species, rare to the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, while uncommon through the northern Indian Ocean, the Persian Gulf, the central Indo-Pacific, Australia, Southeast Asia, southern Japan and the East China Sea, Micronesia, and American Samoa. [4]
Euphyllia glabrescens can be founds in depths of 1 to 35 meters (3 – 115 feet) in a wide range of reef environments [4]
References
- ^ Turak, E., Sheppard, C. & Wood, E. 2008. Euphyllia glabrescens. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016.1.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Euphyllia Dana, 1846". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
- ^ Jones, A. M. (2011). "Raiding the Coral Nurseries?". Diversity. 3 (3): 466–482. doi: 10.3390/d3030466.
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c International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (2014).
"Euphyllia glabrescens".
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10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T133256A54224297.en.
{{ cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=( help) - ^ Australian Institute of Marine Science (2013). "Euphyllia glabrescens". Corals of the World. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
