Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Cnidaria
Classis: Anthozoa
Subclassis: Octocorallia
Ordo: Alcyonacea
Subordo: Alcyoniina
Familia: Alcyoniidae
Subfamilia: Alcyoniinae
Genus: Sarcophyton
Species (46): S. acutangulum – S. acutum – S. agaricum – S. auritum – S. birkelandi – S. boettgeri – S. boletiforme – S. buitendijki – S. cherbonnieri – S. cinereum – S. contortum – S. cornispiculatum – S. crassocaule – S. crassum – S. digitatum – S. ehrenbergi – S. elegans – S. expandum – S. flexuosum – S. furcatum – S. gemmatum – S. glaucum – S. griffini – S. infundibuliforme – S. latum – S. mililatensis – S. minusculum – S. nanwanensis – S. nigrum – S. pauciplicatum – S. portentosum – S. pulchellum – S. regulare – S. roseum – S. serenei – S. solidum – S. spinospiculatum – S. spongiosum – S. stellatum – S. stolidotum – S. subviride – S. tenuispiculatum – S. tortuosum – S. trocheliophorum – S. tumulosum – S. turschi
[Source: WoRMS]
Add (5): S. aalbersbergi – S. aldersladei – S. alexanderi – S. skeltoni – S. soapiae
Name
Sarcophyton Lesson, 1834 in Bélanger, Voy. Orient., (8) 517; 1838, Voy. "Coquille" (Pol.), 2 (2), no. 2, 92.
Vernacular names
Deutsch: Pilz-Lederkoralle
Sarcophyton is a genus of corals in the family Alcyoniidae that are commonly kept in reef aquaria. Sarcophyton produces the toxic terpene macrolide sarcophytoxide which serves as an antifeedant and also provides advantage in competition with other corals as it reduces photosynthesis of the coral Acropora formosa. However, snail Ovula ovum eats Sarcophyton, probably detoxifying sarcophytoxide in the intestines.[1]
Species
The following species currently are classified in the genus Sarcophyton:[2]
Sarcophyton aalbersbergi Feussner & Waqa, 2013
Sarcophyton acutangulum (v. Marenzeller, 1886)
Sarcophyton acutum Tixier-Durivault, 1970
Sarcophyton agaricum (Stimpson, 1855)
Sarcophyton aldersladei Feussner & Waqa, 2013
Sarcophyton alexanderi Feussner & Waqa, 2013
Sarcophyton auritum Verseveldt & Benayahu, 1978
Sarcophyton birkelandi Verseveldt, 1978
Sarcophyton boettgeri Schenk, 1896
Sarcophyton boletiforme Tixier-Durivault, 1958
Sarcophyton buitendijki Verseveldt, 1982
Sarcophyton cherbonnieri Tixier-Durivault, 1958
Sarcophyton cinereum Tixier-Durivault, 1946
Sarcophyton contortum Pratt, 1905
Sarcophyton cornispiculatum Verseveldt, 1971
Sarcophyton crassocaule Moser, 1919
Sarcophyton crassum Tixier-Durivault, 1946
Sarcophyton digitatum Moser, 1919
Sarcophyton ehrenbergi (v. Marenzeller, 1886)
Sarcophyton elegans Moser, 1919
Sarcophyton expandum Kõlliker
Sarcophyton flexuosum Tixier-Durivault, 1966
Sarcophyton furcatum Li, 1984
Sarcophyton gemmatum Verseveldt & Benayahu, 1978
Sarcophyton glaucum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Sarcophyton griffini Moser, 1919
Sarcophyton infundibuliforme Tixier-Durivault, 1958
Sarcophyton latum (Dana, 1846)
Sarcophyton mililatensis Verseveldt & Tursch, 1979
Sarcophyton minusculum Samimi Namin & van Ofwegen, 2009
Sarcophyton nanwanensis Benayahu & Perkol-Finkel, 2004
Sarcophyton nigrum May, 1899
Sarcophyton pauciplicatum Verseveldt & Benayahu, 1978
Sarcophyton portentosum Tixier-Durivault, 1970
Sarcophyton pulchellum (Tixier-Durivault, 1957)
Sarcophyton regulare Tixier-Durivault, 1946
Sarcophyton roseum Pratt, 1903
Sarcophyton serenei Tixier-Durivault, 1958
Sarcophyton skeltoni Feussner & Waqa, 2013
Sarcophyton soapiae Feussner & Waqa, 2013
Sarcophyton solidum Tixier-Durivault, 1958
Sarcophyton spinospiculatum Alderslade & Shirwaiker, 1991
Sarcophyton spongiosum Thomson & Dean, 1931
Sarcophyton stellatum Kükenthal, 1910
Sarcophyton stolidotum Verseveldt, 1971
Sarcophyton subviride Tixier-Durivault, 1958
Sarcophyton tenuispiculatum (Thomson & Dean, 1931)
Sarcophyton tortuosum Tixier-Durivault, 1946
Sarcophyton trocheliophorum von Marenzeller, 1886
Sarcophyton tumulosum Benayahu & van Ofwegen, 2009
Sarcophyton turschi Verseveldt, 1976
References
Spiteller, D. (2008). "Defense Strategies of Marine and Aquatic Organisms". Encyclopedia of Ecology. pp. 844–852. doi:10.1016/B978-008045405-4.00903-4. ISBN 978-0-08-045405-4.
"WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Sarcophyton Lesson, 1834". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
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