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Family: Alcyoniidae true soft corals



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192 species (see list below)
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Alcyonium acaule
[Broccoli coral]
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Alcyonium antarcticum
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Alcyonium aurantiacum
[]
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Alcyonium coralloides
[]

Photo by Harvey-Clark, Chris

Atlantic Ocean

Alcyonium digitatum Linnaeus, 1758

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Alcyonium digitatum
[Dead mans fingers]
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Alcyonium dolium
[]
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Alcyonium glaciophilum
[Glaciar-loving soft coral]

Photo by Wirtz, Peter

Northeast Atlantic

Alcyonium glomeratum (Hassell, 1843)

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Alcyonium glomeratum
[]
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Alcyonium grandis
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Alcyonium haddoni
[Common soft coral]
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Alcyonium jorgei
[Jorge's soft coral]

Photo by Coudre, Christian

Atlantic and the Mediterr

Alcyonium palmatum Pallas, 1766

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Alcyonium palmatum
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Alcyonium paucilobulatum
[]
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Alcyonium roseum
[Pink soft coral]
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Alcyonium sidereum
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Alcyonium sollasi
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Alcyonium southgeorgiensis
[]
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Alcyonium spitzbergense
[]
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Alcyonium yepayek
[Yepayek soft coral]
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Anastromvos aldersladei
[]
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Anastromvos catherinae
[]

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.

Antarctic.

Anthomastus bathyproctus Bayer, 1993

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Anthomastus bathyproctus
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Anthomastus phalloides
[]
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Anthomastus zealandicus
[]
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Anthothela grandiflora
[Great flowerbud coral]
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Anthothela pacifica
[Dwarf white gorgonian]
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Anthothela tropicalis
[]
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Bellonella rubistella
[]
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Bellonella tenuis
[]
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Cladiella aspera
[]
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Cladiella australis
[Southern soft coral]
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Cladiella confiera
[]
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Cladiella daphnae
[]
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Cladiella densum
[]

Photo by Imahara, Yukimitsu

Western Pacific

Cladiella digitulatum (Klunzinger, 1877)

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Cladiella digitulatum
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Cladiella elegantissima
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Cladiella elongata
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Cladiella foliacea
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Cladiella hicksoni
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Cladiella hirsuta
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Cladiella humesi
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Cladiella krempfi
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Cladiella latissima
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Cladiella madagascarensis
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Cladiella multiloba
[]
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Cladiella pachyclados
[]
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Cladiella papillosa
[]
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Cladiella prattae
[]
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Cladiella pulchra
[]
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Cladiella ramosa
[]
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Cladiella rotundata
[]
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Cladiella scabra
[]
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Cladiella similis
[]
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Cladiella sphaerophora
[]
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Cladiella subtilis
[]
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Cladiella tuberculosa
[]
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Cladiella tuberosa
[]
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Max. Length 2.5 cm H
 
Discophyton rudyi
[Octocoral]
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Drifa glomerata
[Dense carnation coral]
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Duva florida
[Flowery carnation coral]
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Elbeenus lauramartinae
[]
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Eleutherobia grayi
[]
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Inflatocalyx infirmata
[]
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Klyxum echinatum
[]
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Klyxum flaccidum
[]
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Klyxum molle
[]
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Klyxum rotundum
[]

Photo by Imahara, Yukimitsu

Western Pacific

Klyxum simplex (Thomson & Dean, 1931)

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Klyxum simplex
[]
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Klyxum tuberculosa
[]
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Lobophytum batarum
[]
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Lobophytum borbonicum
[]
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Lobophytum catalai
[]
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Lobophytum crassum
[Dimorphic soft coral]

Photo by Imahara, Yukimitsu

Indo-West Pacific.

Lobophytum crebriplicatum von Marenzeller, 1886

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Lobophytum crebriplicatum
[]
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Lobophytum cristatum
[]
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Lobophytum depressum
[]
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Lobophytum irregulare
[]
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Lobophytum legitimum
[]
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Lobophytum microlobulatum
[]
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Lobophytum mirabile
[]
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Lobophytum pauciflorum
[]
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Lobophytum planum
[]
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Lobophytum proprium
[]
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Lobophytum pusillum
[]
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Lobophytum salvati
[]
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Lobophytum sarcophytoides
[]
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Lobophytum schoedei
[]
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Lobophytum solidum
[]
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Lobophytum variatum
[]
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Lobophytum varium
[]
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Lobophytum venustum
[]
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Lobophytum verum
[]

Photo by Imahara, Yukimitsu

Southwest Pacific

Lohowia koosi Alderslade, 2003

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Lohowia koosi
[]
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Paraminabea acronocephala
[]
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Paraminabea aldersladei
[]
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Paraminabea hongkongensis
[]
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Paraminabea indica
[]
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Pseudodrifa nigra
[]
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Sarcophyton acutum
[]
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Sarcophyton buitendijki
[]
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Sarcophyton cinereum
[]
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Sarcophyton crassocaule
[]
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Sarcophyton crassum
[]
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Sarcophyton digitatum
[]
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Sarcophyton ehrenbergi
[]
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Sarcophyton elegans
[]
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Sarcophyton glaucum
[Leather-soft mushroom]
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Sarcophyton infundibuliforme
[]
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Sarcophyton latum
[]
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Sarcophyton minusculum
[]
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Sarcophyton nanwanensis
[]
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Sarcophyton portentosum
[]
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Sarcophyton regulare
[]
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Sarcophyton tenuispiculatum
[Hardy leather coral]

Photo by Imahara, Yukimitsu

Indo-Pacific. Tropical t

Sarcophyton trocheliophorum von Marenzeller, 1886

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Sarcophyton trocheliophorum
[Fleshy soft coral]
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Sinularia abhishiktae
[]
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Sinularia abrupta
[]
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Sinularia acuta
[]
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Sinularia agilis
[]
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Sinularia andamanensis
[]
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Sinularia babeldaobensis
[]
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Sinularia bisulca
[]

Photo by Imahara, Yukimitsu

Western Pacific

Sinularia brassica May, 1898

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Sinularia brassica
[]
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Sinularia capitalis
[]
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Sinularia compacta
[]
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Sinularia compressa
[]
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Sinularia conferta
[]
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Sinularia corpulentissima
[]
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Sinularia crassa
[]
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Sinularia crebra
[]
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Sinularia cristata
[]
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Sinularia cruciata
[]
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Sinularia densa
[]
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Sinularia digitata
[]
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Sinularia discrepans
[]
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Sinularia dissecta
[]
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Sinularia elongata
[]
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Sinularia erecta
[]
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Sinularia exilis
[]
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Sinularia finitima
[]
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Sinularia firma
[]
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Sinularia flaccida
[]
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Sinularia flexibilis
[]
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Sinularia foliata
[]
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Sinularia foveolata
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Sinularia fungoides
[]
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Sinularia gaveshaniae
[]
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Sinularia gaweli
[]
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Sinularia gibberosa
[]
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Sinularia grandilobata
[]
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Sinularia gravis
[]
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Sinularia halversoni
[]
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Sinularia heterospiculata
[]
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Sinularia hirta
[]
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Sinularia humilis
[]
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Sinularia inelegans
[]
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Sinularia inflata
[]
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Sinularia lamellata
[]
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Sinularia leptoclados
[Finger-lobed soft coral]
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Sinularia lochmodes
[]
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Sinularia luxuriosa
[]
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Sinularia macrodactyla
[]
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Sinularia macropodia
[]
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Sinularia mayi
[]
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Sinularia microclavata
[]
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Sinularia microspiculata
[]
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Sinularia molesta
[]
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Sinularia molokaiensis
[Moloka'i leather coral]
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Sinularia notanda
[]
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Sinularia numerosa
[]
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Sinularia ornata
[]
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Sinularia pavida
[]
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Sinularia peculiaris
[]
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Sinularia pedunculata
[]
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Sinularia polydactyla
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Sinularia querciformis
[]
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Sinularia ramosa
[]
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Sinularia rigida
[]
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Sinularia robusta
[]
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Sinularia siaesensis
[]
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Sinularia sobolifera
[]
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Sinularia sublimis
[]
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Sinularia triangula
[]
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Sinularia tumulosa
[]
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Sinularia ultima
[]
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Sinularia uniformis
[]
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Sinularia variabilis
[]
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Sinularia venusta
[]
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Sinularia verruca
[]
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Sinularia whiteleggei
[]

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.

Antarctic Atlantic

Sphaeralcyon weddellensis Lopez Gonzalez & Gili, 2000

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Sphaeralcyon weddellensis
[]
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Sphaerasclera flammicerebra
[]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Alcyonium acaule Broccoli coral Atlantic and the Mediterr 1878
Alcyonium antarcticum Southwest Atlantic and th 1889
Alcyonium aurantiacum Southwest Atlantic and th 1834
Alcyonium coralloides Atlantic and the Mediterr 1766
Alcyonium digitatum Dead mans fingers Atlantic Ocean 1758
Alcyonium dolium Southeast Atlantic 2017
Alcyonium glaciophilum Glaciar-loving soft coral Southeast Pacific 2007
Alcyonium glomeratum Northeast Atlantic 1843
Alcyonium grandis Antarctic Atlantic 1997
Alcyonium haddoni Common soft coral Southeast Pacific 1889
Alcyonium jorgei Jorge's soft coral Southeast Pacific 2007
Alcyonium palmatum Atlantic and the Mediterr 1766
Alcyonium paucilobulatum Antarctic Atlantic 1997
Alcyonium roseum Pink soft coral Southeast Pacific 2007
Alcyonium sidereum Western Atlantic 1922
Alcyonium sollasi Antarctic Atlantic 1889
Alcyonium southgeorgiensis Antarctic Atlantic 1997
Alcyonium spitzbergense Antarctic Atlantic 1992
Alcyonium yepayek Yepayek soft coral Southeast Pacific 2007
Anastromvos aldersladei Southeast Pacific 2019
Anastromvos catherinae Southeast Pacific 2019
Anthomastus bathyproctus Antarctic. 1993
Anthomastus phalloides Antarctic. 1928
Anthomastus zealandicus Antarctic. 1928
Anthothela grandiflora Great flowerbud coral Western Atlantic 1856
Anthothela pacifica Dwarf white gorgonian Northeast Pacific 1913
Anthothela tropicalis Western Central Atlantic 1961
Bellonella rubistella Western Central Atlantic 1936
Bellonella tenuis Western Central Atlantic
Cladiella aspera Western Central Pacific 1970
Cladiella australis Southern soft coral Northwest Pacific 1936
Cladiella confiera Western Central Pacific 1943
Cladiella daphnae Northwest Pacific 1992
Cladiella densum Western Central Pacific 1970
Cladiella digitulatum Western Pacific 1877
Cladiella elegantissima Western Central Pacific 1899
Cladiella elongata Western Central Pacific 1944
Cladiella foliacea Western Central Pacific 1944
Cladiella hicksoni Western Central Pacific 1944
Cladiella hirsuta Western Central Pacific 1970
Cladiella humesi Western Central Pacific 1974
Cladiella krempfi Indo-West Pacific. 1919
Cladiella latissima Western Central Pacific 1944
Cladiella madagascarensis Western Central Pacific 1944
Cladiella multiloba Western Central Pacific 1970
Cladiella pachyclados Western Pacific 1877
Cladiella papillosa Western Central Pacific 1942
Cladiella prattae Western Central Pacific 1944
Cladiella pulchra Western Central Pacific 1944
Cladiella ramosa Western Central Pacific 1970
Cladiella rotundata Western Central Pacific 1970
Cladiella scabra Western Central Pacific 1970
Cladiella similis Western Central Pacific 1944
Cladiella sphaerophora Indo-West Pacific. 1834
Cladiella subtilis Western Central Pacific 1970
Cladiella tuberculosa Northwest Pacific 1833
Cladiella tuberosa Western Central Pacific 1944
Discophyton rudyi Octocoral Eastern Pacific 2.5 H 1992
Drifa glomerata Dense carnation coral Atlantic Ocean and the Ar 1869
Duva florida Flowery carnation coral Western Atlantic 1806
Elbeenus lauramartinae Western Central Pacific 2002
Eleutherobia grayi Northwest Pacific 1931
Inflatocalyx infirmata Northwest Pacific 1988
Klyxum echinatum Western Central Pacific 1970
Klyxum flaccidum Western Central Pacific 1966
Klyxum molle Western Central Pacific 1931
Klyxum rotundum Western Central Pacific 1931
Klyxum simplex Western Pacific 1931
Klyxum tuberculosa Western Central Pacific 1970
Lobophytum batarum Western Central Pacific 1919
Lobophytum borbonicum Western Central Pacific 1886
Lobophytum catalai Western Central Pacific 1957
Lobophytum crassum Dimorphic soft coral Indo-West Pacific 1886
Lobophytum crebriplicatum Indo-West Pacific. 1886
Lobophytum cristatum Western Central Pacific 1970
Lobophytum depressum Western Pacific 1966
Lobophytum irregulare Western Central Pacific 1970
Lobophytum legitimum Western Central Pacific 1970
Lobophytum microlobulatum Western Central Pacific 1970
Lobophytum mirabile Western Central Pacific 1956
Lobophytum pauciflorum Western Pacific. 1834
Lobophytum planum Western Central Pacific 1970
Lobophytum proprium Western Central Pacific 1970
Lobophytum pusillum Western Central Pacific 1970
Lobophytum salvati Western Central Pacific 1970
Lobophytum sarcophytoides Western Pacific 1919
Lobophytum schoedei Western Central Pacific 1919
Lobophytum solidum Western Central Pacific 1970
Lobophytum variatum Western Central Pacific 1957
Lobophytum varium Western Central Pacific 1970
Lobophytum venustum Northwest Pacific 1957
Lobophytum verum Western Central Pacific 1970
Lohowia koosi Southwest Pacific 2003
Paraminabea acronocephala Western Central Pacific 1992
Paraminabea aldersladei Western Pacific 1992
Paraminabea hongkongensis Indo-West Pacific 2008
Paraminabea indica Northwest Pacific 1905
Pseudodrifa nigra Western Atlantic 1868
Sarcophyton acutum Western Central Pacific 1970
Sarcophyton buitendijki Northwest Pacific 1982
Sarcophyton cinereum Western Central Pacific 1946
Sarcophyton crassocaule Western Pacific 1919
Sarcophyton crassum Western Central Pacific 1946
Sarcophyton digitatum Western Central Pacific 1919
Sarcophyton ehrenbergi Western Pacific 1886
Sarcophyton elegans Western Central Pacific 1919
Sarcophyton glaucum Leather-soft mushroom Western Pacific 1833
Sarcophyton infundibuliforme Western Pacific 1958
Sarcophyton latum Western Central Pacific 1846
Sarcophyton minusculum Indo-Pacific 2009
Sarcophyton nanwanensis Northwest Pacific 2004
Sarcophyton portentosum Western Central Pacific 1970
Sarcophyton regulare Western Central Pacific 1946
Sarcophyton tenuispiculatum Hardy leather coral Western Pacific. Tropica 1931
Sarcophyton trocheliophorum Fleshy soft coral Indo-Pacific. Tropical t 1886
Sinularia abhishiktae Indo-West Pacific. 1991
Sinularia abrupta Central Pacific 1970
Sinularia acuta Western Central Pacific 2007
Sinularia agilis Western Central Pacific 1970
Sinularia andamanensis Western Central Pacific 1909
Sinularia babeldaobensis Western Central Pacific 2008
Sinularia bisulca Western Central Pacific 2008
Sinularia brassica Western Pacific 1898
Sinularia capitalis Western Central Pacific 1903
Sinularia compacta Western Central Pacific 1970
Sinularia compressa Western Indian Ocean 1945
Sinularia conferta Western Central Pacific 1846
Sinularia corpulentissima Western Central Pacific 2007
Sinularia crassa Western Central Pacific 1945
Sinularia crebra Western Central Pacific 2008
Sinularia cristata Western Central Pacific 1969
Sinularia cruciata Western Central Pacific 1970
Sinularia densa Indo-West Pacific 1897
Sinularia digitata Western Central Pacific 2008
Sinularia discrepans Western Central Pacific 1970
Sinularia dissecta Western Central Pacific 1945
Sinularia elongata Western Central Pacific 1970
Sinularia erecta Western Indian Ocean 1945
Sinularia exilis Western Central Pacific 1970
Sinularia finitima Western Central Pacific 2008
Sinularia firma Western Central Pacific 1970
Sinularia flaccida Western Central Pacific 2008
Sinularia flexibilis Western Central Pacific 1833
Sinularia foliata Western Central Pacific 2008
Sinularia foveolata Western Central Pacific 1974
Sinularia fungoides Western Central Pacific 1906
Sinularia gaveshaniae Indo-West Pacific 1991
Sinularia gaweli Western Central Pacific 1978
Sinularia gibberosa Western Central Pacific 1970
Sinularia grandilobata Central Indo-Pacific 1980
Sinularia gravis Western Central Pacific 1970
Sinularia halversoni Western Central Pacific 1974
Sinularia heterospiculata Indo-Pacific. 1970
Sinularia hirta Western Central Pacific 1903
Sinularia humilis Western Central Pacific 2008
Sinularia inelegans Western Central Pacific 1970
Sinularia inflata Western Central Pacific 1970
Sinularia lamellata Western Central Pacific 1979
Sinularia leptoclados Finger-lobed soft coral Indo-West Pacific. 1834
Sinularia lochmodes Western Central Pacific 1926
Sinularia luxuriosa Western Central Pacific 2008
Sinularia macrodactyla Indo-West Pacific 1926
Sinularia macropodia Western Central Pacific 1900
Sinularia mayi Western Central Pacific 1915
Sinularia microclavata Western Central Pacific 1970
Sinularia microspiculata Western Central Pacific 1970
Sinularia molesta Western Central Pacific 1970
Sinularia molokaiensis Moloka'i leather coral Eastern Central Pacific 1983
Sinularia notanda Western Central Pacific 1966
Sinularia numerosa Western Central Pacific 1970
Sinularia ornata Western Central Pacific 1970
Sinularia pavida Western Central Pacific 1970
Sinularia peculiaris Western Central Pacific 1970
Sinularia pedunculata Western Central Pacific 1945
Sinularia polydactyla Western Central Pacific 1834
Sinularia querciformis Western Central Pacific 1903
Sinularia ramosa Western Central Pacific 1945
Sinularia rigida Western Central Pacific 1846
Sinularia robusta Western Central Pacific 1936
Sinularia siaesensis Western Central Pacific 2008
Sinularia sobolifera Central Indo-Pacific. 1979
Sinularia sublimis Western Central Pacific 2008
Sinularia triangula Western Central Pacific 1970
Sinularia tumulosa Western Central Pacific 2008
Sinularia ultima Western Central Pacific 2008
Sinularia uniformis Western Central Pacific 2008
Sinularia variabilis Western Central Pacific 1945
Sinularia venusta Western Central Pacific 1970
Sinularia verruca Western Central Pacific 2008
Sinularia whiteleggei Western Central Pacific 1914
Sphaeralcyon weddellensis Antarctic Atlantic 2000
Sphaerasclera flammicerebra Western Central Pacific 2003



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