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Sinularia flexibilis

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Species of coral

Sinularia flexibilis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Octocorallia
Order: Alcyonacea
Family: Alcyoniidae
Genus: Sinularia
Species: S. flexibilis
Binomial name
Sinularia flexibilis
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)

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 at depths between one and fifteen meters.

References

  1. EOL.org retrieved on February 27, 2013
  2. tfhmagazine.com retrieved on February 27, 2013
  3. EOL.org retrieved on February 27, 2013

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Taxon identifiers
Sinularia flexibilis


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