| Dendronephthya hemprichi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Octocorallia |
| Order: | Alcyonacea |
| Family: | Nephtheidae |
| Genus: | Dendronephthya |
| Species: | D. hemprichi
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| Binomial name | |
| Dendronephthya hemprichi Klunzinger, 1877
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Dendronephthya hemprichi is a common soft coral found from Red Sea to Western Pacific.In may 2023 on the Mediterranean coast of Israel exactly on the coasts of the city of Sdot Yam many specimens were filmed, subsequently it was also photographed in Lebanon In Byblos.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]
- ^ Lieske, Ewald; Myers, Robert (2004). Coral reef guide. Red Sea. p. 250. ISBN 9780007741731.
- ^ WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Dendronephthya hemprichi Klunzinger, 1877
- ^ Dendronephthya hemprichi – Information on Dendronephthya hemprichi – Encyclopedia of Life
- ^ a b Dahan, M. & Benayahu, Y. 1993. Reproduction of Dendronephthya hemprichi (Cnidaria: Octocorallia): year-round spawning in an azooxanthellate soft coral. Marine Biology. 129: 573.
- ^ Dahan, M. & Benayahu, Y. 1997. Clonal propagation by the azooxanthellate octocoral Dendronephthya hemprichi. Coral Reefs. 16: 5.