Coral Profile

Sympodium

Sympodium sp.

Also known as: Encrusting Green Polyps

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Type

Soft coral

Difficulty

beginner

Light

medium

Flow

low

Notes

Encrusting soft coral with bright green pulsing polyps, similar growth pattern to GSP but with much smaller, more delicate polyps. Spreads moderately across rockwork. Often overlooked but stunning under blue LEDs.

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Photo: Koido T, Imahara Y, Fukami H (2019) High species diversity of the soft coral family Xeniidae (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) in the temperate region of Japan revealed by morphological and molecular analyses. ZooKeys 862: 1-22. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.862.31979 / Wikimedia Commons · Source · CC-BY-4.0