Biology:Cladiella australis
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Short description: Species of coral
| Cladiella australis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Octocorallia |
| Order: | Alcyonacea |
| Family: | Alcyoniidae |
| Genus: | Cladiella |
| Species: | C. australis
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| Binomial name | |
| Cladiella australis (Macfadyen, 1936)[1]
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Cladiella australis is a species of soft coral in the family Alcyoniidae. It is found in the western Indo-Pacific. It is commonly known as the finger blanching soft coral because with the polyps extended it appears brown but when poked with a finger, the polyps retract into the leathery base tissue and the coral appears white.[2]
Secondary metabolites
Five new diterpenes with tricyclic skeletons of cladiellin have been isolated from this soft coral. [3]
References
- ↑ van Ofwegen, Leen (2014). "Cladiella australis (Macfadyen, 1936)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209608.
- ↑ "Cladiella australis (Finger blanching soft coral)". Eastern Cape Scuba Diving. http://www.easterncapescubadiving.co.za/index.php?page_name=specie&specie_id=402. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
- ↑ Rao, C. Bheemasankara; Rao, D. Sreenivasa; Satyanarayana, C.; Rao, D. Venkata; Kassühlke, Katharina E.; Faulkner, D. John (1994). "New Cladiellane Diterpenes from the Soft Coral Cladiella australis of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands". Journal of Natural Products 57 (5): 574–580. doi:10.1021/np50107a002.
Wikidata ☰ Q2630199 entry
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