Paraminabea
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Paraminabea aldersladei |
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| Williams & Alderslade , 1999 |
Paraminabea is a rare genus of leather corals (Alcyoniidae) that occurs in tropical coral reefs under overhangs and in caves. The genus was established in 1999 by Williams & Alderslade to separate some tropical species from the leather coral genus Minabea ,which occurs off Japan and New Zealand.
features
Paraminabea species resemble a small four-inch carrot . Their trunk is red or orange and rarely branched. A few, white, long feeding polyps ("autozooids") protrude from this during the night, while the tiny, tentacle-free tubular polyps ("siphozooids") always remain submerged. The genus does not live in symbiosis with zooxanthellae and feeds on plankton .
species
- Paraminabea aldersladei (Williams 1992)
- Paraminabea arborea Williams & Alderslade, 1999
- Paraminabea cosmarioides (Williams 1992)
- Paraminabea goslineri (Williams 1992)
- Paraminabea indica (Thomson & Henderson 1905)
- Paraminabea kosiensis (Williams 1992)
- Paraminabea robusta (Utinomi & Imahara 1976)
literature
- Daniel Knop: Interesting facts about leather corals . in KORALLE, marine aquarium specialist magazine, No. 29 October / November 2004, Natur und Tier Verlag Münster, ISSN 1439-779X
Web links
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