Dendronephthya hemprichi
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Dendronephthya hemprichi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Octocorallia |
Order: | Alcyonacea |
Family: | Nephtheidae |
Genus: | Dendronephthya |
Species: | D. hemprichi |
Binomial name | |
Dendronephthya hemprichi Klunzinger, 1877 | |
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Dendronephthya hemprichi is a common soft coral found from Red Sea to Western Pacific. It is usually pink or orange with transparent trunk and it grows up to 70 cm. [1][2][3] It exists at 30° N latitude.[4] The smallest unit of this coral, like all other corals, is a polyp. This particular species of the Dendronephthya has the ability to reproduce sexually and asexually through broadcast spawning and clonal propagation, respectively.[4][5]