Sarcophyton glaucum | |
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S. glaucum (tentacles withdrawn) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Octocorallia |
Order: | Alcyonacea |
Family: | Alcyoniidae |
Genus: | Sarcophyton |
Species: | S. glaucum
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Binomial name | |
Sarcophyton glaucum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
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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.