Sarcophyton glaucum

Sarcophyton glaucum
S. glaucum (tentacles withdrawn)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Octocorallia
Order: Alcyonacea
Family: Alcyoniidae
Genus: Sarcophyton
Species:
S. glaucum
Binomial name
Sarcophyton glaucum
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Synonyms
  • Sarcophyton icolor Pratt, 1905
  • Sarcophyton tenuis Pratt, 1903

Sarcophyton glaucum, also known as toadstool leather coral or rough leather coral, is a common species of soft coral found from the Red Sea to western Pacific Ocean. Sarcophyton glaucum belongs to the phylum Cnidaria, the class Anthozoa, and the family Alcyoniidae.