Alcyonium acaule Sea Finger, Broccoli coral

Alcyonium acaule is commonly referred to as Sea Finger, Broccoli coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

572 

AphiaID:

125331 

Scientific:

Alcyonium acaule 

German:

Mittelmeer-Meerhand 

English:

Sea Finger, Broccoli Coral 

Category:

Laločnicovití 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Alcyoniidae (Family) > Alcyonium (Genus) > acaule (Species) 

Initial determination:

Marion, 1878 

Occurrence:

Straße von Gibraltar, Croatia, European Coasts, France, Greece, Italy, North Atlantic Ocean, Portugal, Spain, the Mediterranean Sea 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

12 - 135 Meter 

Size:

3.94" - 5.91" (10cm - 15cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 71.6 °F (°C - 22°C) 

Food:

Brine Shrimp Nauplii, Dustfood , Plankton 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Alcyonium acaule
  Mittelmeer-Meerhand
• Alcyonium adriaticum
• Alcyonium altum
• 
  Alcyonium antarcticum
  Meerhand
• Alcyonium aspiculatum
• Alcyonium aurantiacum
• Alcyonium bocagei
• Alcyonium bosphorense
• Alcyonium brioniense
• 
  Alcyonium burmedju
  Tiefsee-Weichkoralle
• Alcyonium bursa
• Alcyonium capitatum
• Alcyonium catalai
• Alcyonium ceylonense
• Alcyonium clavatum
• Alcyonium compactofestucum
• Alcyonium confertum
• 
  Alcyonium coralloides
  Meerhand
• Alcyonium cydonium
• Alcyonium dendroides
• 
  Alcyonium digitatum
  Tote Manns Hand, Tote Meerhand
• Alcyonium distinctum
• Alcyonium echinatum
• Alcyonium elegans
• Alcyonium etheridgei
• Alcyonium faura
• 
  Alcyonium fauri
  Weichkoralle
• Alcyonium flabellum
• Alcyonium foliatum
• Alcyonium fulvum
• Alcyonium fungiforme
• 
  Alcyonium glaciophilum
  Weichkoralle
• 
  Alcyonium glomeratum
  Rote Meerhand
• Alcyonium grandiflorum
• Alcyonium grandis
• Alcyonium graniferum
• 
  Alcyonium haddoni
  Weichkoralle
• 
  Alcyonium hibernicum
  Rosafarbener Seefinger, Weichkoralle
• 
  Alcyonium jorgei
  Weichkoralle
• Alcyonium luteum
• Alcyonium manusdiaboli
• 
  Alcyonium maristenebrosi
  Tiefsee-Weichkoralle
• 
  Alcyonium megasclerum
  Tiefsee-Weichkoralle
• Alcyonium muricatum
• Alcyonium pacificum
• 
  Alcyonium palmatum
  Große Meerhand
• Alcyonium patagonicum
• Alcyonium paucilobulatum
• 
  Alcyonium profundum
  Tiefsee-Weichkoralle
• Alcyonium repens
• Alcyonium reptans
• Alcyonium robustum
• 
  Alcyonium roseum
  Weichkoralle
• Alcyonium rotiferum
• Alcyonium senegalense
• Alcyonium sidereum
• Alcyonium sollasi
• Alcyonium southgeorgiensis
• Alcyonium spitzbergense
• Alcyonium submurale
• Alcyonium varum
• Alcyonium verseveldti
• Alcyonium wilsoni
• 
  Alcyonium yepayek
  Weichkoralle
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Alcyonium dolium
  Weichkoralle
• 
  Alcyonium sp.
  Weichkoralle Meerhand
• 
  Alcyonium variabile
  Weichkoralle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2004-09-10 11:35:02 

Last edit:

2026-04-24 08:24:33 

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