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​Sarcophyton ehrenbergi

(v. Marenzeller, 1886)

Leather Coral
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Natsumi Nishikawa (2013)

  

 

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Summary


Physical Description


Size Range


Colour


Ecology


External Association


Internal Association


Life History & Behaviour


Feeding


Reproduction


Gas Exchange & Excretion


Defence


Anatomy & Physiology


Anatomical Adaptation


Evolution & Systematics


Paleontological Evidence


Biogeographic Distribution


Conservation & Threats


References & Links



As soft corals do not make calcium carbonate bodies their fossils are very difficult to find, and therefore many gaps between fossil records. The last common ancestor found was the Atractosella cataractaca from the early Jurassic age (Majoran,1987). However, other studies have found that Atractosella can be dated all the way to the Silurian age, and can be represented as the order Alcyonacea, the octocorals (Bengtson, 1981). 


Pic1 Picture C displays Atractosella cataractaca the last common ancestor with the
Sarcophyton ehrenbergi. D-I are isolated sclerites (Previous undecided to be
called sclerites or spicules) from the fossil (Picture taken from Bengston, 1981)

Classification

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