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.
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