Appearance
The colony has a hydroskeleton. The ramifications are opaque and completely smooth, without scerites, yellowish-orange in color.Naming
Synonym: Siphonogorgia variabilisDistribution
Red sea and Indo-Pacific.Food
They do not contain symbiotic zooxanthellae and threfore need to feed on zooplankton.References:
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chironephthya_variabilis.jpghttp://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1350389
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212100
https://www.pageconcept.org/invertebres/cnidaires/octos/alcyonacea/alcyoniina.htm
http://souslesmers.free.fr/f.php?e=609
http://www.moniquesouslesmers.fr/main.php?g2_view=keyalbum.KeywordAlbum&g2_keyword=Alcyonaire&g2_itemId=12410
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chironephthya
