Species Identification
Species Identification: Find Species
Class: Octocorallia
Order: Malacalcyonacea
Family: Alcyoniidae true soft corals

Genus: Sarcophyton

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17 species
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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]

Rusconi, Gianemilio

Indo-Pacific. Tropical t

Sarcophyton trocheliophorumvon Marenzeller, 1886

Photo by Rusconi, Gianemilio
 
Sarcophyton trocheliophorum
[Fleshy soft coral]


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