alcyonium fauri

ANIMALIA / CNIDARIA / ANTHOZOA / ALCYONACEA / ALCYONIIDAE / ALCYONIUM / FAURI

Alcyonium fauri Studer, 1910

endemic

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Morphological description

Alcyonium fauri is commonly purple, less often yellow, pink or red and orange in colour. The colony of A. fauri is 30mm high with the polyp 4mm in diameter (Branch et at., 2008).

Global distribution

Not documented.

SA distribution

It is found occurring in the southeast coast of southern Africa, a few specimen were collected on the southeast coast of South Africa in Port Alfred (Davies-Coleman and Beukes, 2004). It has also been observed occurring from Saldanha Bay on the west coast to Richard’s Bay (Hooper and Davies-Coleman, 1995).

Movement

Colonies of A. fauri are observed encrusting the substratum, but thrusting out lobes covered with polyps (Branch et at., 2008). A. fauri is known to occasionally act as a fouling organism and off this region of the South African coast has also been recorded growing on the gorgonian Eunicella tricoronata (Hooper and Davies-Coleman, 1995).

Trophic strategy

Unknown

Reproduction

Unknown

Biome

Intertidal

Occurrence records map

This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations

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Residence status

Occurrence in African countries and South African provinces. Residence status indicates if a taxon is indigenous, endemic, or alien in a specific region. This data is based on specimen records and literature.

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