#sarcophyton

[heliosandsonchariotco]

I like your new icon! What is it?

Ty!! It’s a macro photo of a soft coral (sarcophyton I think) that I took the other day.

[aquariuminfobureau]

Do not overly generalise about soft corals. Alcyoniids, a clade important in the marine aquarium trade, are found on the wave-exposed areas of reef crests on their windward sides, as well as in low flow, sheltered regions in lagoons, and under overhangs were the light intensity is low. In nature octocorals form faunal assemblages, together with scleractinians that had similar requirements to flourish. It is nonsense to speak of soft and hard corals, as having different requirements, as many people do, because they do not understand reef ecology.

Naturally, this diversity results from an extensive degree of niche partitioning among the octocorals, that aquarists often ignore, although It is obviously errant to generalise for all of them. As people do, when wondering why their Fiji leather (probably Sarcophyton elegans) never really flourishes. It's because they assume it can be cared for, as though it were a smoother crowned Sarcophyton species. Whereas the wavy crown off the Fiji yellow, is in fact an adaptation to life in areas of high flow and light, and that the imported coral survives at all in different conditions, is testimony to the hardiness of Sarcophyton sp. in the aquarium

[noticholloses]

Corales Blandos SARCOPHYTON y SARCOPHYTON VERDE

Corales Blandos SARCOPHYTON y SARCOPHYTON VERDE

Aquí os mostramos los Corales Blandos SARCOPHYTON y SARCOPHYTON VERDE, los cuales se caracterizan por un fácil mantenimiento y crecimiento en nuestro acuario marino.

SARCOPHYTON

Sarcophyton de pólipos rosáceos ideal para principiantes, coral blando de mantenimiento sencillo que crecerá con facilidad en un acuario de arrecife.

Descripción

DIFICULTAD:     FÁCIL

ILUMINACIÓNMEDIA

CRECIMIENT…

[kilkenny991]

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[misternanoreef]

Year 3, Day 45: I am in an abstract mood today #nanoreef #marineaquarium #eatsleepreef #reefaddict #reefpicoftheday #reefpack #misternanoreef #coralreef #saltwateraquarium #reef2reef #reefaholiks #pieceofocean #saltlife #marine #tropicalfish #allmymoneygoestocoral #saltwatergardens #reefpro #sarcophyton

[sunkentreasurecove]

[splashing-water]

sarcophyton

[boudhabar]

Sarcophyton

[aquareef13]

Sarcophyton and co lol 😂 #myaquarium #sarcophyton #reef #reeftank #coral #recifal (à Marseille, France)

[hahalua7]

Toadstool coral (Genus Sarcophyton) by David R Via Flickr: Palau

[nuadox]

Study: Dolphins self-medicate skin conditions at coral ‘clinics’ (video)

- By Nuadox Crew -

A new study suggests Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins are using corals to medicate skin conditions.

Video: “Dolphins queue up to rub against corals with antibacterial properties” by New Scientist, YouTube.

If a human comes down with a rash, they might go to the doctor and come away with some ointment to put on it. Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins get skin conditions, too, but they come about their medication by queuing up nose-to-tail to rub themselves against corals. In the journal iScience on May 19, researchers show that these corals have medicinal properties, suggesting that the dolphins are using the marine invertebrates to medicate skin conditions.

Thirteen years ago, co-lead author Angela Ziltener (@DWAORG), a wildlife biologist at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, first observed dolphins rubbing against coral in the Northern Red Sea, off the coast of Egypt. She and her team noticed that the dolphins were selective about which corals they rubbed against, and they wanted to understand why.

Most dolphin research is conducted from the surface of the water, but because Ziltener is a diver, she was able to study the dolphins up close. It took some time to earn the trust of the pod, which she was able to do in part because these dolphins weren’t phased by the large bubbles released by the diving tanks and habituated towards divers.

Once the pod allowed her to visit them regularly, she and her colleagues were able to identify and sample the corals that the dolphins were rubbing on. Ziltener and her team found that by repeatedly rubbing against the corals, Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins were agitating the tiny polyps that make up the coral community, and these invertebrates were releasing mucus. In order to understand what properties the mucus contained, the team collected samples of the coral.

When lead author Gertrud Morlock, an analytical chemist and food scientist at Justus Liebig University Giessen in Germany, and her team used planar separations combined with on-surface assays and high-resolution mass spectrometry to analyze samples of the gorgonian coral Rumphella aggregata, the leather coral Sarcophyton sp., and the sponge Ircinia sp., they found 17 active metabolites with antibacterial, antioxidative, hormonal, and toxic activities.

This discovery of these bioactive compounds led the team to believe that the mucus of the corals and sponges is serving to regulate the dolphin skin’s microbiome and treat infections.

The reefs where these corals are found are important places for the local dolphin populations. They head there to rest and to have fun.

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Image header: A dolphin with a fungal infection on its dorsal fin. Credit: Angela Ziltener, CC BY-SA.

Source: Cell Press

Full study: “Evidence that Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins self-medicate with invertebrates in coral reefs”, iScience.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.104271

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[lifeunderthewaves]

Amazing soft coral (Sarcophyton sp.) under jetty by oksana_maksymova Picture was taken in the Ceram sea, Arborek jetty, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

[noticholloses]

Sarcophyton ehrenbergi

Sarcophyton ehrenbergi, su coloración puede ir desde el rosado hasta el marrón claro, amarillo o verde. En extrañas ocasiones se han divisado colonias con los pólipos color azul claro. Según la especie, el capitulum alcanza los 60 cm. de diámetro. https://acuariossanmiguel.online/corales/ Sarcophyton es un género de corales de la familia Alcyoniidae, orden Alcyonacea. Su nombre deriva de las…

[kilkenny991]

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[avobacs-argenteuil]

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