Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Mushroom Leather Coral
Sarcophyton spp.
Mushroom Leather Coral
Category: Soft Corals
Scientific Name: Sarcophyton spp.
Depth: 6-120 ft. (2-37 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Red Sea, Australia
Cnidaria (Phylum)
└Anthozoa (Subphylum)
 └Octocorallia (Class)
  └Malacalcyonacea (Order)
   └Sarcophytidae (Family)
    └Sarcophyton (Genus)

Corals
Soft Corals

Mushroom Leather Coral

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