Biology:Sinularia flexibilis

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Short description: Species of coral

Sinularia flexibilis
Flexible Leather Coral (Sinularia flexibilis) - GRB.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Octocorallia
Order: Alcyonacea
Family: Alcyoniidae
Genus: Sinularia
Species:
S. flexibilis
Binomial name
Sinularia flexibilis
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)[1]

Sinularia flexibilis is a species of soft coral in the family Alcyoniidae. It is known commonly as the spaghetti finger leather coral. This species is widespread throughout the western Pacific and eastern Indian Oceans. It is usually found in large colonies [2] at depths between one and fifteen meters.[3]

References

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q2206308 entry