Red-and-Yellow Clathria
Clathria
Also known as: Gorgonian Sea Fan, Red-and-Yellow Sea Fan, Yellow-and-White Clathria, Yellow-and-White Sea Fan
- Gorgonian Sea Fan
- Red-and-Yellow Sea Fan
- Yellow-and-White Clathria
- Yellow-and-White Sea Fan
Overview
Found in crevices, over drop offs on edges of overhangs, slopes and terraces.
Length - Spreading
Most soft corals have no true skeleton and so their bodies are flexible.
Some soft corals have spikes very similar to rose thorns which may help to protect against predators.
Soft corals are food and shelter to many marine animals, some of which hide in the branches and take on the colouration of these corals.
How to identify
Habitat & where to find it
- Range · Indo-Pacific
- Country only · 6
Found in crevices, over drop offs on edges of overhangs, slopes and terraces.
Adult photos 6
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Deep dive
Taxonomy
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumCnidaria
- classOctocorallia
- orderMalacalcyonacea
- familyMelithaeidae
- genusClathria Schmidt, 1862
SourcesWoRMS
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