{"id":439,"date":"2019-11-04T13:32:31","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T13:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pavclients.com\/moalboal\/?post_type=product&#038;p=439"},"modified":"2020-07-06T11:04:11","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T11:04:11","slug":"flexible-leather-coral","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/species\/flexible-leather-coral\/","title":{"rendered":"Flexible leather coral"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"rdp-we-main\" data-resource=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sinularia_flexibilis\">\n<div id=\"rdp-we-mw-aria-live-region\" class=\"mw-aria-live-region\" aria-live=\"polite\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"vector-header-container\">\n\t<header class=\"vector-header mw-header no-font-mode-scale\">\n\t\t<div class=\"vector-header-start\">\n\t\t\t<nav class=\"vector-main-menu-landmark\" aria-label=\"Site\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div id=\"rdp-we-vector-main-menu-dropdown\" class=\"vector-dropdown vector-main-menu-dropdown vector-button-flush-left vector-button-flush-right\"  title=\"Main menu\" >\n\t<input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rdp-we-vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox\" role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" data-event-name=\"ui.dropdown-vector-main-menu-dropdown\" class=\"vector-dropdown-checkbox\"  aria-label=\"Main menu\"  >\n\t<label id=\"rdp-we-vector-main-menu-dropdown-label\" for=\"vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox\" class=\"vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\"  ><span class=\"vector-icon mw-ui-icon-menu mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-menu\"><\/span>\n\n<span class=\"vector-dropdown-label-text\">Main menu<\/span>\n\t<\/label>\n\t<div class=\"vector-dropdown-content\">\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"rdp-we-vector-main-menu-unpinned-container\" class=\"vector-unpinned-container\">\n\t\t\n<div id=\"rdp-we-vector-main-menu\" class=\"vector-main-menu vector-pinnable-element\">\n\t<div\n\tclass=\"vector-pinnable-header vector-main-menu-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned\"\n\tdata-feature-name=\"main-menu-pinned\"\n\tdata-pinnable-element-id=\"vector-main-menu\"\n\tdata-pinned-container-id=\"vector-main-menu-pinned-container\"\n\tdata-unpinned-container-id=\"vector-main-menu-unpinned-container\"\n>\n\t<div class=\"vector-pinnable-header-label\">Main menu<\/div>\n\t<button class=\"vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button\" data-event-name=\"pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.pin\">move to sidebar<\/button>\n\t<button class=\"vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button\" data-event-name=\"pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.unpin\">hide<\/button>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div id=\"rdp-we-p-navigation\" class=\"vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-navigation\"  >\n\t<div class=\"vector-menu-heading\">\n\t\tNavigation\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"vector-menu-content\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"vector-menu-content-list\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<li id=\"rdp-we-n-mainpage-description\" class=\"mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Main_Page\" title=\"Visit the main page [z]\" accesskey=\"z\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\"><span>Main page<\/span><\/a><\/li><li id=\"rdp-we-n-contents\" class=\"mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Contents\" title=\"Guides to browsing Wikipedia\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\"><span>Contents<\/span><\/a><\/li><li id=\"rdp-we-n-currentevents\" class=\"mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portal:Current_events\" title=\"Articles related to current events\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\"><span>Current events<\/span><\/a><\/li><li id=\"rdp-we-n-randompage\" class=\"mw-list-item\"><span>Random article<\/span><\/li><li id=\"rdp-we-n-aboutsite\" class=\"mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:About\" title=\"Learn about Wikipedia and how it works\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\"><span>About Wikipedia<\/span><\/a><\/li><li id=\"rdp-we-n-contactpage\" class=\"mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Contact_us\" title=\"How to contact Wikipedia\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\"><span>Contact us<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div id=\"rdp-we-p-interaction\" class=\"vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-interaction\"  >\n\t<div class=\"vector-menu-heading\">\n\t\tContribute\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"vector-menu-content\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"vector-menu-content-list\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<li id=\"rdp-we-n-help\" class=\"mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:Contents\" title=\"Guidance on how to use and edit Wikipedia\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\"><span>Help<\/span><\/a><\/li><li id=\"rdp-we-n-introduction\" class=\"mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:Introduction\" title=\"Learn how to edit Wikipedia\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\"><span>Learn to edit<\/span><\/a><\/li><li id=\"rdp-we-n-portal\" class=\"mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Community_portal\" title=\"The hub for editors\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\"><span>Community portal<\/span><\/a><\/li><li id=\"rdp-we-n-recentchanges\" class=\"mw-list-item\"><span>Recent changes<\/span><\/li><li id=\"rdp-we-n-upload\" class=\"mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:File_upload_wizard\" title=\"Add images or other media for use on Wikipedia\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\"><span>Upload file<\/span><\/a><\/li><li id=\"rdp-we-n-specialpages\" class=\"mw-list-item\"><span>Special pages<\/span><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Main_Page\" class=\"mw-logo wiki-link\" target=\"_new\">\n\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-logo-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/static\/images\/icons\/enwiki-25.svg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" height=\"50\" width=\"50\">\n\t<span class=\"mw-logo-container skin-invert\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-logo-wordmark\" alt=\"Wikipedia\" src=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/static\/images\/mobile\/copyright\/wikipedia-wordmark-en-25.svg\" style=\"width: 8.75em; height: 1.375em;\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-logo-tagline\" alt=\"The Free Encyclopedia\" src=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/static\/images\/mobile\/copyright\/wikipedia-tagline-en-25.svg\" width=\"140\" height=\"11\" style=\"width: 8.75em; height: 0.6875em;\">\n\t<\/span>\n<\/a>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"vector-header-end\">\n\t\t\t\n<div id=\"rdp-we-p-search\" role=\"search\" class=\"vector-search-box-vue  vector-search-box-collapses vector-search-box-show-thumbnail vector-search-box-auto-expand-width vector-search-box\">\n\t<span class=\"vector-icon mw-ui-icon-search mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-search\"><\/span>\n\n<span>Search<\/span>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"vector-typeahead-search-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"cdx-typeahead-search cdx-typeahead-search--show-thumbnail cdx-typeahead-search--auto-expand-width\">\n\t\t\t<form action=\"\/w\/index.php\" id=\"rdp-we-searchform\" class=\"cdx-search-input cdx-search-input--has-end-button\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"rdp-we-simpleSearch\" class=\"cdx-search-input__input-wrapper\"  data-search-loc=\"header-moved\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cdx-text-input cdx-text-input--has-start-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<input\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"cdx-text-input__input mw-searchInput\" autocomplete=\"off\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t type=\"search\" name=\"search\" placeholder=\"Search Wikipedia\" aria-label=\"Search Wikipedia\" autocapitalize=\"none\" spellcheck=\"false\" title=\"Search Wikipedia [f]\" accesskey=\"f\" id=\"rdp-we-searchInput\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cdx-text-input__icon cdx-text-input__start-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"title\" value=\"Special:Search\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"cdx-button cdx-search-input__end-button\">Search<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/form>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<nav class=\"vector-user-links vector-user-links-wide\" aria-label=\"Personal tools\">\n\t<div class=\"vector-user-links-main\">\n\t\n<div id=\"rdp-we-p-vector-user-menu-preferences\" class=\"vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet\"  >\n\t<div class=\"vector-menu-content\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"vector-menu-content-list\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div id=\"rdp-we-p-vector-user-menu-userpage\" class=\"vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet\"  >\n\t<div class=\"vector-menu-content\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"vector-menu-content-list\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<nav class=\"vector-appearance-landmark\" aria-label=\"Appearance\">\n\t\t\n<div id=\"rdp-we-vector-appearance-dropdown\" class=\"vector-dropdown\"  title=\"Change the appearance of the page&#039;s font size, width, and color\" >\n\t<input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rdp-we-vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox\" role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" data-event-name=\"ui.dropdown-vector-appearance-dropdown\" class=\"vector-dropdown-checkbox\"  aria-label=\"Appearance\"  >\n\t<label id=\"rdp-we-vector-appearance-dropdown-label\" for=\"vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox\" class=\"vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\"  ><span class=\"vector-icon mw-ui-icon-appearance mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-appearance\"><\/span>\n\n<span class=\"vector-dropdown-label-text\">Appearance<\/span>\n\t<\/label>\n\t<div class=\"vector-dropdown-content\">\n\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"rdp-we-vector-appearance-unpinned-container\" class=\"vector-unpinned-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/nav>\n\t\n<div id=\"rdp-we-p-vector-user-menu-notifications\" class=\"vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet\"  >\n\t<div class=\"vector-menu-content\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"vector-menu-content-list\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div id=\"rdp-we-p-vector-user-menu-overflow\" class=\"vector-menu mw-portlet\"  >\n\t<div class=\"vector-menu-content\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"vector-menu-content-list\">\n\t\t\t<li id=\"rdp-we-pt-sitesupport-2\" class=\"mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item vector-menu-item--collapsible\"><a data-mw-interface href=\"https:\/\/donate.wikimedia.org\/?wmf_source=donate&wmf_medium=sidebar&wmf_campaign=en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en\" data-mw-donate-attempt=\"top_link\" class=\" wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span>Donate<\/span><\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rdp-we-pt-createaccount-2\" class=\"mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item vector-menu-item--collapsible\"><span>Create account<\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rdp-we-pt-login-2\" class=\"mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item vector-menu-item--collapsible\"><span>Log in<\/span>\n<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div id=\"rdp-we-vector-user-links-dropdown\" class=\"vector-dropdown vector-user-menu vector-button-flush-right vector-user-menu-logged-out vector-user-links-dropdown--collapsible user-links-collapsible-item\"  title=\"Log in and more options\" >\n\t<input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rdp-we-vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox\" role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" data-event-name=\"ui.dropdown-vector-user-links-dropdown\" class=\"vector-dropdown-checkbox\"  aria-label=\"Personal tools\"  >\n\t<label id=\"rdp-we-vector-user-links-dropdown-label\" for=\"vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox\" class=\"vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\"  ><span class=\"vector-icon mw-ui-icon-ellipsis mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-ellipsis\"><\/span>\n\n<span class=\"vector-dropdown-label-text\">Personal tools<\/span>\n\t<\/label>\n\t<div class=\"vector-dropdown-content\">\n\n\n\t\t\n<div id=\"rdp-we-p-personal\" class=\"vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-personal\"  title=\"User menu\" >\n\t<div class=\"vector-menu-content\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"vector-menu-content-list\">\n\t\t\t<li id=\"rdp-we-pt-sitesupport\" class=\"mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item vector-menu-item--collapsible\"><a data-mw-interface href=\"https:\/\/donate.wikimedia.org\/?wmf_source=donate&wmf_medium=sidebar&wmf_campaign=en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en\" data-mw-donate-attempt=\"top_link\" class=\" wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span class=\"vector-icon mw-ui-icon-heart mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-heart\"><\/span>\n\n<span>Donate<\/span><\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rdp-we-pt-createaccount\" class=\"mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item vector-menu-item--collapsible\"><span class=\"vector-icon mw-ui-icon-userAdd mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-userAdd\"><\/span>\n\n<span>Create account<\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rdp-we-pt-login\" class=\"mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item vector-menu-item--collapsible\"><span class=\"vector-icon mw-ui-icon-logIn mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-logIn\"><\/span>\n\n<span>Log in<\/span>\n<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/nav>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mw-page-container\">\n\t<div class=\"mw-page-container-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"vector-sitenotice-container\">\n\t\t\t<div id=\"rdp-we-siteNotice\"><!-- CentralNotice --><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"vector-column-start\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vector-main-menu-container\">\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"vector-sticky-pinned-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<nav id=\"rdp-we-mw-panel-toc\" aria-label=\"Contents\" data-event-name=\"ui.sidebar-toc\" class=\"mw-table-of-contents-container vector-toc-landmark\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"rdp-we-vector-toc-pinned-container\" class=\"vector-pinned-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"rdp-we-vector-toc\" class=\"vector-toc vector-pinnable-element\">\n\t<div\n\tclass=\"vector-pinnable-header vector-toc-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned\"\n\tdata-feature-name=\"toc-pinned\"\n\tdata-pinnable-element-id=\"vector-toc\"\n\tdata-pinned-container-id=\"vector-toc-pinned-container\"\n\tdata-unpinned-container-id=\"vector-toc-unpinned-container\"\n>\n\t<h2 class=\"vector-pinnable-header-label\">Contents<\/h2>\n\t<button class=\"vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button\" data-event-name=\"pinnable-header.vector-toc.pin\">move to sidebar<\/button>\n\t<button class=\"vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button\" data-event-name=\"pinnable-header.vector-toc.unpin\">hide<\/button>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t<ul class=\"vector-toc-contents\" id=\"rdp-we-mw-panel-toc-list\">\n\t\t<li id=\"rdp-we-toc-mw-content-text\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"vector-toc-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vector-toc-text\">(Top)<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li id=\"rdp-we-toc-Description\"\n\t\tclass=\"vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded\">\n\t\t<a class=\"vector-toc-link\" href=\"#Description\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vector-toc-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vector-toc-numb\">1<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Description<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t<ul id=\"rdp-we-toc-Description-sublist\" class=\"vector-toc-list\">\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li id=\"rdp-we-toc-Habitat_and_Distribution\"\n\t\tclass=\"vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded\">\n\t\t<a class=\"vector-toc-link\" href=\"#Habitat_and_Distribution\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vector-toc-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vector-toc-numb\">2<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Habitat and Distribution<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t<ul id=\"rdp-we-toc-Habitat_and_Distribution-sublist\" class=\"vector-toc-list\">\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li id=\"rdp-we-toc-Zooxanthellae_Symbiosis\"\n\t\tclass=\"vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded\">\n\t\t<a class=\"vector-toc-link\" href=\"#Zooxanthellae_Symbiosis\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vector-toc-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vector-toc-numb\">3<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Zooxanthellae Symbiosis<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t<ul id=\"rdp-we-toc-Zooxanthellae_Symbiosis-sublist\" class=\"vector-toc-list\">\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li id=\"rdp-we-toc-Ecology\"\n\t\tclass=\"vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded\">\n\t\t<a class=\"vector-toc-link\" href=\"#Ecology\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vector-toc-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vector-toc-numb\">4<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Ecology<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t<ul id=\"rdp-we-toc-Ecology-sublist\" class=\"vector-toc-list\">\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li id=\"rdp-we-toc-Reproduction\"\n\t\tclass=\"vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded\">\n\t\t<a class=\"vector-toc-link\" href=\"#Reproduction\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vector-toc-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vector-toc-numb\">5<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Reproduction<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t<ul id=\"rdp-we-toc-Reproduction-sublist\" class=\"vector-toc-list\">\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li id=\"rdp-we-toc-Chemical_Defense\"\n\t\tclass=\"vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded\">\n\t\t<a class=\"vector-toc-link\" href=\"#Chemical_Defense\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vector-toc-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vector-toc-numb\">6<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Chemical Defense<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t<ul id=\"rdp-we-toc-Chemical_Defense-sublist\" class=\"vector-toc-list\">\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li id=\"rdp-we-toc-Biomedical_Significance\"\n\t\tclass=\"vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded\">\n\t\t<a class=\"vector-toc-link\" href=\"#Biomedical_Significance\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vector-toc-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vector-toc-numb\">7<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Biomedical Significance<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t<ul id=\"rdp-we-toc-Biomedical_Significance-sublist\" class=\"vector-toc-list\">\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li id=\"rdp-we-toc-Aquarium_Trade\"\n\t\tclass=\"vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded\">\n\t\t<a class=\"vector-toc-link\" href=\"#Aquarium_Trade\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vector-toc-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vector-toc-numb\">8<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Aquarium Trade<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t<ul id=\"rdp-we-toc-Aquarium_Trade-sublist\" class=\"vector-toc-list\">\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li id=\"rdp-we-toc-References\"\n\t\tclass=\"vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded\">\n\t\t<a class=\"vector-toc-link\" href=\"#References\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vector-toc-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vector-toc-numb\">9<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span>References<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t<ul id=\"rdp-we-toc-References-sublist\" class=\"vector-toc-list\">\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"mw-content-container\">\n\t\t\t<main id=\"rdp-we-content\" class=\"mw-body\">\n\t\t\t\t<header class=\"mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar no-font-mode-scale\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav aria-label=\"Contents\" class=\"vector-toc-landmark\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div id=\"rdp-we-vector-page-titlebar-toc\" class=\"vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left\"  title=\"Table of Contents\" >\n\t<input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rdp-we-vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox\" role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" data-event-name=\"ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc\" class=\"vector-dropdown-checkbox\"  aria-label=\"Toggle the table of contents\"  >\n\t<label id=\"rdp-we-vector-page-titlebar-toc-label\" for=\"vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox\" class=\"vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\"  ><span class=\"vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet\"><\/span>\n\n<span class=\"vector-dropdown-label-text\">Toggle the table of contents<\/span>\n\t<\/label>\n\t<div class=\"vector-dropdown-content\">\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"rdp-we-vector-page-titlebar-toc-unpinned-container\" class=\"vector-unpinned-container\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div id=\"rdp-we-p-lang-btn\" class=\"vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang\"  >\n\t<input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rdp-we-p-lang-btn-checkbox\" role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" data-event-name=\"ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn\" class=\"vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector\" aria-label=\"Go to an article in another language. Available in 5 languages\"   >\n\t<label id=\"rdp-we-p-lang-btn-label\" for=\"p-lang-btn-checkbox\" class=\"vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-5\" aria-hidden=\"true\"  ><span class=\"vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive\"><\/span>\n\n<span class=\"vector-dropdown-label-text\">5 languages<\/span>\n\t<\/label>\n\t<div class=\"vector-dropdown-content\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"vector-menu-content\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"vector-menu-content-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ceb.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sinularia_flexibilis\" title=\"Sinularia flexibilis \u2013 Cebuano\" lang=\"ceb\" hreflang=\"ceb\" data-title=\"Sinularia flexibilis\" data-language-autonym=\"Cebuano\" data-language-local-name=\"Cebuano\" class=\"interlanguage-link-target wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span>Cebuano<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nl.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sinularia_flexibilis\" title=\"Sinularia flexibilis \u2013 Dutch\" lang=\"nl\" hreflang=\"nl\" data-title=\"Sinularia flexibilis\" data-language-autonym=\"Nederlands\" data-language-local-name=\"Dutch\" class=\"interlanguage-link-target wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span>Nederlands<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sv.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sinularia_flexibilis\" title=\"Sinularia flexibilis \u2013 Swedish\" lang=\"sv\" hreflang=\"sv\" data-title=\"Sinularia flexibilis\" data-language-autonym=\"Svenska\" data-language-local-name=\"Swedish\" class=\"interlanguage-link-target wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span>Svenska<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/war.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sinularia_flexibilis\" title=\"Sinularia flexibilis \u2013 Waray\" lang=\"war\" hreflang=\"war\" data-title=\"Sinularia flexibilis\" data-language-autonym=\"Winaray\" data-language-local-name=\"Waray\" class=\"interlanguage-link-target wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span>Winaray<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zh.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%E6%9F%94%E6%8C%87%E5%BD%A2%E8%BB%9F%E7%8F%8A%E7%91%9A\" title=\"\u67d4\u6307\u5f62\u8edf\u73ca\u745a \u2013 Chinese\" lang=\"zh\" hreflang=\"zh\" data-title=\"\u67d4\u6307\u5f62\u8edf\u73ca\u745a\" data-language-autonym=\"\u4e2d\u6587\" data-language-local-name=\"Chinese\" class=\"interlanguage-link-target wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span>\u4e2d\u6587<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"after-portlet after-portlet-lang\"><span class=\"wb-langlinks-edit wb-langlinks-link\">Edit links<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vector-page-toolbar vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref--excluded\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vector-page-toolbar-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"rdp-we-left-navigation\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav aria-label=\"Namespaces\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div id=\"rdp-we-p-associated-pages\" class=\"vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-associated-pages\"  >\n\t<div class=\"vector-menu-content\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"vector-menu-content-list\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<li id=\"rdp-we-ca-nstab-main\" class=\"selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sinularia_flexibilis\" title=\"View the content page [c]\" accesskey=\"c\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\"><span>Article<\/span><\/a><\/li><li id=\"rdp-we-ca-talk\" class=\"vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Talk:Sinularia_flexibilis\" rel=\"discussion\" title=\"Discuss improvements to the content page [t]\" accesskey=\"t\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\"><span>Talk<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div id=\"rdp-we-vector-variants-dropdown\" class=\"vector-dropdown emptyPortlet\"  >\n\t<input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rdp-we-vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox\" role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" data-event-name=\"ui.dropdown-vector-variants-dropdown\" class=\"vector-dropdown-checkbox\" aria-label=\"Change language variant\"   >\n\t<label id=\"rdp-we-vector-variants-dropdown-label\" for=\"vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox\" class=\"vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet\" aria-hidden=\"true\"  ><span class=\"vector-dropdown-label-text\">English<\/span>\n\t<\/label>\n\t<div class=\"vector-dropdown-content\">\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<div id=\"rdp-we-p-variants\" class=\"vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-variants emptyPortlet\"  >\n\t<div class=\"vector-menu-content\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"vector-menu-content-list\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"rdp-we-right-navigation\" class=\"vector-collapsible\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav aria-label=\"Views\">\n\t\t\t    \n<div id=\"rdp-we-p-views\" class=\"vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-views\"  >\n\t<div class=\"vector-menu-content\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"vector-menu-content-list\">\n\t\t\t<li id=\"rdp-we-ca-view\" class=\"selected mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item vector-menu-item--collapsible vector-tab-noicon\"><a data-mw-interface href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sinularia_flexibilis\" class=\" wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span>Read<\/span><\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rdp-we-ca-edit\" class=\"mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item vector-menu-item--collapsible vector-tab-noicon\">\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rdp-we-ca-history\" class=\"mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item vector-menu-item--collapsible vector-tab-noicon\"><a data-mw-interface href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Sinularia_flexibilis&action=history\" title=\"Past revisions of this page [h]\" accesskey=\"h\" class=\" wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span>View history<\/span><\/a>\n<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"vector-page-tools-landmark\" aria-label=\"Page tools\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div id=\"rdp-we-vector-page-tools-dropdown\" class=\"vector-dropdown vector-page-tools-dropdown\"  >\n\t<input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rdp-we-vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox\" role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" data-event-name=\"ui.dropdown-vector-page-tools-dropdown\" class=\"vector-dropdown-checkbox\"  aria-label=\"Tools\"  >\n\t<label id=\"rdp-we-vector-page-tools-dropdown-label\" for=\"vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox\" class=\"vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet\" aria-hidden=\"true\"  ><span class=\"vector-dropdown-label-text\">Tools<\/span>\n\t<\/label>\n\t<div class=\"vector-dropdown-content\">\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"rdp-we-vector-page-tools-unpinned-container\" class=\"vector-unpinned-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div id=\"rdp-we-vector-page-tools\" class=\"vector-page-tools vector-pinnable-element\">\n\t<div\n\tclass=\"vector-pinnable-header vector-page-tools-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned\"\n\tdata-feature-name=\"page-tools-pinned\"\n\tdata-pinnable-element-id=\"vector-page-tools\"\n\tdata-pinned-container-id=\"vector-page-tools-pinned-container\"\n\tdata-unpinned-container-id=\"vector-page-tools-unpinned-container\"\n>\n\t<div class=\"vector-pinnable-header-label\">Tools<\/div>\n\t<button class=\"vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button\" data-event-name=\"pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.pin\">move to sidebar<\/button>\n\t<button class=\"vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button\" data-event-name=\"pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.unpin\">hide<\/button>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div id=\"rdp-we-p-cactions\" class=\"vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-cactions emptyPortlet vector-has-collapsible-items\"  >\n\t<div class=\"vector-menu-heading\">\n\t\tActions\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"vector-menu-content\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"vector-menu-content-list\">\n\t\t\t<li id=\"rdp-we-ca-more-view\" class=\"selected vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item\"><a data-mw-interface href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sinularia_flexibilis\" class=\" wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span class=\"vector-icon mw-ui-icon-eye mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-eye\"><\/span>\n\n<span>Read<\/span><\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rdp-we-ca-more-edit\" class=\"vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item\">\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rdp-we-ca-more-history\" class=\"vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item\"><a data-mw-interface href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Sinularia_flexibilis&action=history\" class=\" wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span class=\"vector-icon mw-ui-icon-history mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-history\"><\/span>\n\n<span>View history<\/span><\/a>\n<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"rdp-we-p-tb\" class=\"vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-tb\"  >\n\t<div class=\"vector-menu-heading\">\n\t\tGeneral\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"vector-menu-content\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"vector-menu-content-list\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<li id=\"rdp-we-t-whatlinkshere\" class=\"mw-list-item\"><span>What links here<\/span><\/li><li id=\"rdp-we-t-recentchangeslinked\" class=\"mw-list-item\"><span>Related changes<\/span><\/li><li id=\"rdp-we-t-upload\" class=\"mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard\" title=\"Upload files [u]\" accesskey=\"u\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\"><span>Upload file<\/span><\/a><\/li><li id=\"rdp-we-t-permalink\" class=\"mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Sinularia_flexibilis&oldid=1355774026\" title=\"Permanent link to this revision of this page\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\"><span>Permanent link<\/span><\/a><\/li><li id=\"rdp-we-t-info\" class=\"mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Sinularia_flexibilis&action=info\" title=\"More information about this page\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\"><span>Page information<\/span><\/a><\/li><li id=\"rdp-we-t-cite\" class=\"mw-list-item\"><span>Cite this page<\/span><\/li><li id=\"rdp-we-t-urlshortener\" class=\"mw-list-item\"><span>Get shortened URL<\/span><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"rdp-we-p-coll-print_export\" class=\"vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-coll-print_export\"  >\n\t<div class=\"vector-menu-heading\">\n\t\tPrint\/export\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"vector-menu-content\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"vector-menu-content-list\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<li id=\"rdp-we-coll-download-as-rl\" class=\"mw-list-item\"><span>Download as PDF<\/span><\/li><li id=\"rdp-we-t-print\" class=\"mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Sinularia_flexibilis&printable=yes\" title=\"Printable version of this page [p]\" accesskey=\"p\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\"><span>Printable version<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"rdp-we-p-wikibase-otherprojects\" class=\"vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-wikibase-otherprojects\"  >\n\t<div class=\"vector-menu-heading\">\n\t\tIn other projects\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"vector-menu-content\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"vector-menu-content-list\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<li class=\"wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-commons mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/Category:Sinularia_flexibilis\" hreflang=\"en\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\"><span>Wikimedia Commons<\/span><\/a><\/li><li id=\"rdp-we-t-wikibase\" class=\"wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikibase-dataitem mw-list-item\"><span>Wikidata item<\/span><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vector-column-end no-font-mode-scale\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vector-sticky-pinned-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp25eastereggs-vector-sitenotice-landmark\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"vector-page-tools-landmark\" aria-label=\"Page tools\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"rdp-we-vector-page-tools-pinned-container\" class=\"vector-pinned-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"vector-appearance-landmark\" aria-label=\"Appearance\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"rdp-we-vector-appearance-pinned-container\" class=\"vector-pinned-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"rdp-we-vector-appearance\" class=\"vector-appearance vector-pinnable-element\">\n\t<div\n\tclass=\"vector-pinnable-header vector-appearance-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned\"\n\tdata-feature-name=\"appearance-pinned\"\n\tdata-pinnable-element-id=\"vector-appearance\"\n\tdata-pinned-container-id=\"vector-appearance-pinned-container\"\n\tdata-unpinned-container-id=\"vector-appearance-unpinned-container\"\n>\n\t<div class=\"vector-pinnable-header-label\">Appearance<\/div>\n\t<button class=\"vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button\" data-event-name=\"pinnable-header.vector-appearance.pin\">move to sidebar<\/button>\n\t<button class=\"vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button\" data-event-name=\"pinnable-header.vector-appearance.unpin\">hide<\/button>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"rdp-we-bodyContent\" class=\"vector-body\" aria-labelledby=\"firstHeading\" data-mw-ve-target-container>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vector-body-before-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"rdp-we-mw-content-text\" class=\"mw-body-content\"><div class=\"mw-subjectpageheader\">\n<\/div><div class=\"mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><div class=\"shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux\" style=\"display:none\">Species of coral<\/div>\n<p class=\"mw-empty-elt\">\n<\/p>\n\n<p><i><b>Sinularia flexibilis<\/b><\/i> is a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Species\" title=\"Species\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">species<\/a> of soft coral commonly known as either flexible leather coral, slimy leather coral, or spaghetti finger leather coral. It was first described by Quoy and Gaimard in 1833. The species forms flexible, branching colonies that rely on symbiotic algae called <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zooxanthellae\" title=\"Zooxanthellae\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">zooxanthellae<\/a> for energy through <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Photosynthesis\" title=\"Photosynthesis\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">photosynthesis<\/a>. They live in reef environments in the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indo-Pacific\" title=\"Indo-Pacific\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Indo-Pacific<\/a> region and play an important ecological role in these reef communities. The species is also studied for its production of biologically active compounds with <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antimicrobial\" title=\"Antimicrobial\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">antimicrobial<\/a> and pharmaceutical potential.\n<\/p>\n<meta property=\"mw:PageProp\/toc\" \/>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading2\"><h2 id=\"rdp-we-Description\">Description<\/h2><\/div>\n<p><i>Sinularia flexibilis<\/i> has a soft, leathery body with flexible lobes extending from a central stalk. It is in the class <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Octocorallia\" title=\"Octocorallia\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Octocorallia<\/a> meaning its <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Polyp_(zoology)\" title=\"Polyp (zoology)\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">polyps<\/a> display eightfold symmetry. The coral is in the family <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alcyoniidae\" title=\"Alcyoniidae\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Alcyoniidae<\/a> with key characteristics of lacking a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Calcium_carbonate\" title=\"Calcium carbonate\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">calcium carbonate<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Exoskeleton\" title=\"Exoskeleton\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">exoskeleton<\/a> but has an internal <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Skeleton\" title=\"Skeleton\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">skeleton<\/a> made out of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sclerite\" title=\"Sclerite\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">sclerite<\/a>. This provides the soft coral with structural support and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Protection\" title=\"Protection\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">protection<\/a>.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-2\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-2\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>2<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> Colonies are usually yellow, brown, or green depending on density of the symbiotic algae. Morphological variation is common within the genus due to environmental influences and species diversity.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-:0&#95;3-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-:0-3\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>3<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading2\"><h2 id=\"rdp-we-Habitat_and_Distribution\">Habitat and Distribution<\/h2><\/div>\n<p><i>Sinularia flexibilis<\/i> is found in shallow, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tropics\" title=\"Tropics\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">tropical<\/a> environments, specifically in the Indo-Pacific region. This includes coral reef systems off the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coast\" title=\"Coast\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">coast<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Southeast_Asia\" title=\"Southeast Asia\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Southeast Asia<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Great_Barrier_Reef\" title=\"Great Barrier Reef\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Great Barrier Reef<\/a>.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-:0&#95;3-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-:0-3\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>3<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> They <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Inhabitat\" title=\"Inhabitat\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">inhabit<\/a> reef environments between 0-30 meters in depth at <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Salinity\" title=\"Salinity\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">salinities<\/a> between 30-40 PSU and temperatures between 20-30 degrees Celsius.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-4\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-4\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>4<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Larva\" title=\"Larva\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Larvae<\/a> attach to hard substrates in shallow reef environments.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-5\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-5\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>5<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> Then the species can form dense aggregations and dominate benthic communities under favorable conditions. Its abundance is influenced by environmental factors.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-:1&#95;6-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-:1-6\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>6<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> Moderate water flow enhances nutrient exchange and supports growth and photosynthesis.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-:2&#95;7-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-:2-7\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>7<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading2\"><h2 id=\"rdp-we-Zooxanthellae_Symbiosis\">Zooxanthellae Symbiosis<\/h2><\/div>\n<p><i>Sinularia flexibilis<\/i> have a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mutualism_(biology)\" title=\"Mutualism (biology)\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">mutualistic relationship<\/a> with photosynthetic <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dinoflagellate\" title=\"Dinoflagellate\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">dinoflagellates<\/a> called <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zooxanthellae\" title=\"Zooxanthellae\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">zooxanthellae<\/a>. The symbiotic algae live within the coral\u2019s tissues and provide <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Energy\" title=\"Energy\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">energy<\/a> through photosynthesis, supporting the coral\u2019s growth and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Metabolism\" title=\"Metabolism\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">metabolic activity<\/a>.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-8\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-8\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>8<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> In return, the coral provides the zooxanthellae with <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Protection\" title=\"Protection\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">protection<\/a>, access to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sunlight\" title=\"Sunlight\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">sunlight<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nutrient\" title=\"Nutrient\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">nutrients<\/a> derived from its <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Metabolic_waste\" title=\"Metabolic waste\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">metabolic waste<\/a>. The efficiency of this relationship is influenced by environmental factors which affect photosynthetic performance and overall coral health.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-:2&#95;7-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-:2-7\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>7<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading2\"><h2 id=\"rdp-we-Ecology\">Ecology<\/h2><\/div>\n<p><i>Sinularia flexibilis<\/i> contributes to reef ecosystems by providing <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Habitat\" title=\"Habitat\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">habitat<\/a> for small marine organisms and influencing community structure. It <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Competition\" title=\"Competition\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">competes<\/a> with other <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Benthic_zone\" title=\"Benthic zone\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">benthic<\/a> organisms for space and can become dominant under certain environmental conditions. Colony growth and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Survival\" title=\"Survival\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">survival<\/a> are size-dependent. Smaller colonies tend to grow more rapidly, but have higher <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mortality_rate\" title=\"Mortality rate\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">mortality rates<\/a>, while larger colonies may experience less growth or division.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-:1&#95;6-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-:1-6\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>6<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading2\"><h2 id=\"rdp-we-Reproduction\">Reproduction<\/h2><\/div>\n<p><i>Sinularia flexibilis<\/i> reproduces both sexually and asexually. They perform <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Asexual_reproduction\" title=\"Asexual reproduction\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">asexual reproduction<\/a> through <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fission_(biology)\" title=\"Fission (biology)\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">fission<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fragmentation_(reproduction)\" title=\"Fragmentation (reproduction)\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">fragmentation<\/a> in order to expand populations. A large proportion of colonies can perform fission at any time.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-:1&#95;6-2\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-:1-6\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>6<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sexual_reproduction\" title=\"Sexual reproduction\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Sexual reproduction<\/a> is done by synchronized <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reproductive_synchrony\" title=\"Reproductive synchrony\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">mass spawning<\/a> with the release of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gamete\" title=\"Gamete\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">gametes<\/a>. Sexual reproduction contributes to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Genetic_diversity\" title=\"Genetic diversity\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">genetic diversity<\/a> and dispersal. Genetic studies have shown differentiation among populations, indicating that both reproductive strategies are performed.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-9\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-9\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>9<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> Population size remains relatively stable despite growth and recruitment due to mortality and environmental disturbance.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-:1&#95;6-3\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-:1-6\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>6<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading2\"><h2 id=\"rdp-we-Chemical_Defense\">Chemical Defense<\/h2><\/div>\n<p><i>Sinularia flexibilis<\/i> produces a variety of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Secondary_metabolite\" title=\"Secondary metabolite\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">secondary metabolites<\/a>, particularly <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diterpene\" title=\"Diterpene\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">diterpenes<\/a>, which function in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chemical_defense\" title=\"Chemical defense\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">chemical defense<\/a>.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-:3&#95;10-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-:3-10\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>10<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> These compounds help protect the coral from <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Predation\" title=\"Predation\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">predators<\/a>, microbial <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Infection\" title=\"Infection\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">infection<\/a>, and overgrowth by competing organisms. The chemicals support the coral\u2019s ability to resist fouling by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bacteria\" title=\"Bacteria\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">bacteria<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Algae\" title=\"Algae\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">algae<\/a>, improving its competitive success on reefs.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-:4&#95;11-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-:4-11\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>11<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> Chemical defenses are a common <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ecology\" title=\"Ecology\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">ecological<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Strategy\" title=\"Strategy\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">strategy<\/a> for soft corals and play a key role in shaping reef community structure.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-:3&#95;10-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-:3-10\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>10<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading2\"><h2 id=\"rdp-we-Biomedical_Significance\">Biomedical Significance<\/h2><\/div>\n<p>Compounds from <i>Sinularia flexibilis<\/i> have the potential to be used for <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Biomedicine\" title=\"Biomedicine\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">biomedical<\/a> applications. Studies have shown that diterpenes exhibit <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antimicrobial\" title=\"Antimicrobial\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">antimicrobial<\/a> activity, particularly against <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gram-positive_bacteria\" title=\"Gram-positive bacteria\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Gram-positive bacteria<\/a>.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-:4&#95;11-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-:4-11\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>11<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> Other compounds taken from the species have presented <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anti-inflammatory\" title=\"Anti-inflammatory\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">anti-inflammatory<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cytotoxicity\" title=\"Cytotoxicity\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">cytotoxic<\/a> properties, suggesting potential use in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Drug_development\" title=\"Drug development\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">drug development<\/a>.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-12\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-12\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>12<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> These bioactive compounds are part of a broader group of marine natural products being looked at for pharmaceutical use.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-:3&#95;10-2\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-:3-10\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>10<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> Recent research indicates that microbial communities associated with <i>Sinularia flexibilis<\/i> may influence the production of these compounds, further expanding its relevance in marine <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Biotechnology\" title=\"Biotechnology\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">biotechnology<\/a>.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-13\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-13\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>13<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading2\"><h2 id=\"rdp-we-Aquarium_Trade\">Aquarium Trade<\/h2><\/div>\n<p><i>Sinularia flexibilis<\/i> is commonly kept in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marine_aquarium\" title=\"Marine aquarium\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">marine aquariums<\/a> due to its <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Resilience_of_coral_reefs\" title=\"Resilience of coral reefs\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">resilience<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adaptability\" title=\"Adaptability\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">adaptability<\/a>. It can <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toleration\" title=\"Toleration\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">tolerate<\/a> a range of environmental conditions but requires specific lighting and water flow to support its symbiotic algae.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-:2&#95;7-2\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-:2-7\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>7<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> Its resilience makes it a popular species for aquarium hobbyists.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading2\"><h2 id=\"rdp-we-References\">References<\/h2><\/div>\n<ol class=\"references\">\n<li id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;note-1\"><span class=\"mw-cite-backlink\"><b><a href=\"#cite_ref-1\">^<\/a><\/b><\/span> <span class=\"reference-text\"><cite class=\"citation web cs1\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marinespecies.org\/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=288521\" target=\"_new\">\"WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Sinularia flexibilis (Quoy &amp; Gaimard, 1833)\"<\/a>.<\/cite><span title=\"ctx&#95;ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft&#95;val&#95;fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=WoRMS+-+World+Register+of+Marine+Species+-+Sinularia+flexibilis+%28Quoy+%26+Gaimard%2C+1833%29&amp;rft&#95;id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.marinespecies.org%2Faphia.php%3Fp%3Dtaxdetails%26id%3D288521&amp;rfr&#95;id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASinularia+flexibilis\" class=\"Z3988\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;note-2\"><span class=\"mw-cite-backlink\"><b><a href=\"#cite_ref-2\">^<\/a><\/b><\/span> <span class=\"reference-text\"><link rel=\"mw-deduplicated-inline-style\" href=\"mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1333433106\" \/><cite class=\"citation web cs1\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marinespecies.org\/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=288521\" target=\"_new\">\"WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Sinularia flexibilis (Quoy &amp; Gaimard, 1833)\"<\/a>. <i>www.marinespecies.org<\/i><span class=\"reference-accessdate\">. Retrieved <span class=\"nowrap\">2026-04-26<\/span><\/span>.<\/cite><span title=\"ctx&#95;ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft&#95;val&#95;fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=www.marinespecies.org&amp;rft.atitle=WoRMS+-+World+Register+of+Marine+Species+-+Sinularia+flexibilis+%28Quoy+%26+Gaimard%2C+1833%29&amp;rft&#95;id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.marinespecies.org%2Faphia.php%3Fp%3Dtaxdetails%26id%3D288521&amp;rfr&#95;id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASinularia+flexibilis\" class=\"Z3988\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;note-:0-3\"><span class=\"mw-cite-backlink\">^ <a href=\"#cite_ref-:0_3-0\"><sup><i><b>a<\/b><\/i><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"#cite_ref-:0_3-1\"><sup><i><b>b<\/b><\/i><\/sup><\/a><\/span> <span class=\"reference-text\"><link rel=\"mw-deduplicated-inline-style\" href=\"mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1333433106\" \/><cite class=\"citation web cs1\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20221022215039\/https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/254387774_Soft_Corals_Octocorallia_Alcyonacea_from_Southern_Taiwan_II_Species_Diversity_and_Distributional_Patterns\" target=\"_new\">\"Soft Corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from Southern Taiwan. II. Species Diversity and Distributional Patterns | ResearchGate\"<\/a>. <i>ResearchGate<\/i>. Archived from <a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/254387774\" target=\"_new\">the original<\/a> on 2022-10-22<span class=\"reference-accessdate\">. Retrieved <span class=\"nowrap\">2026-04-26<\/span><\/span>.<\/cite><span title=\"ctx&#95;ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft&#95;val&#95;fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=ResearchGate&amp;rft.atitle=Soft+Corals+%28Octocorallia%3A+Alcyonacea%29+from+Southern+Taiwan.+II.+Species+Diversity+and+Distributional+Patterns+%7C+ResearchGate&amp;rft&#95;id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.researchgate.net%2Fpublication%2F254387774&amp;rfr&#95;id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASinularia+flexibilis\" class=\"Z3988\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;note-4\"><span class=\"mw-cite-backlink\"><b><a href=\"#cite_ref-4\">^<\/a><\/b><\/span> <span class=\"reference-text\"><link rel=\"mw-deduplicated-inline-style\" href=\"mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1333433106\" \/><cite class=\"citation web cs1\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/obis.org\/taxon\/288521?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_new\">\"Sinularia flexibilis | Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS)\"<\/a>. <i>obis.org<\/i><span class=\"reference-accessdate\">. Retrieved <span class=\"nowrap\">2026-04-26<\/span><\/span>.<\/cite><span title=\"ctx&#95;ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft&#95;val&#95;fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=obis.org&amp;rft.atitle=Sinularia+flexibilis+%7C+Ocean+Biodiversity+Information+System+%28OBIS%29&amp;rft&#95;id=https%3A%2F%2Fobis.org%2Ftaxon%2F288521%3Futm&#95;source%3Dchatgpt.com&amp;rfr&#95;id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASinularia+flexibilis\" class=\"Z3988\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;note-5\"><span class=\"mw-cite-backlink\"><b><a href=\"#cite_ref-5\">^<\/a><\/b><\/span> <span class=\"reference-text\"><link rel=\"mw-deduplicated-inline-style\" href=\"mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1333433106\" \/><cite id=\"rdp-we-CITEREFDinesen1983\" class=\"citation journal cs1\">Dinesen, Z. D. (1983-05-01). <span class=\"id-lock-subscription\" title=\"Paid subscription required\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/BF00304420\" target=\"_new\">\"Patterns in the distribution of soft corals across the central Great Barrier Reef\"<\/a><\/span>. <i>Coral Reefs<\/i>. <b>1<\/b> (4): <span class=\"nowrap\">229\u2013<\/span>236. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bibcode_(identifier)\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"Bibcode (identifier)\" target=\"_new\">Bibcode<\/a>:<a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/ui.adsabs.harvard.edu\/abs\/1983CorRe...1..229D\" target=\"_new\">1983CorRe...1..229D<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doi_(identifier)\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"Doi (identifier)\" target=\"_new\">doi<\/a>:<a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007%2FBF00304420\" target=\"_new\">10.1007\/BF00304420<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ISSN_(identifier)\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"ISSN (identifier)\" target=\"_new\">ISSN<\/a>&#160;<a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/issn\/1432-0975\" target=\"_new\">1432-0975<\/a>.<\/cite><span title=\"ctx&#95;ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft&#95;val&#95;fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Coral+Reefs&amp;rft.atitle=Patterns+in+the+distribution+of+soft+corals+across+the+central+Great+Barrier+Reef&amp;rft.volume=1&amp;rft.issue=4&amp;rft.pages=229-236&amp;rft.date=1983-05-01&amp;rft.issn=1432-0975&amp;rft&#95;id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1007%2FBF00304420&amp;rft&#95;id=info%3Abibcode%2F1983CorRe...1..229D&amp;rft.aulast=Dinesen&amp;rft.aufirst=Z.+D.&amp;rft&#95;id=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1007%2FBF00304420&amp;rfr&#95;id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASinularia+flexibilis\" class=\"Z3988\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;note-:1-6\"><span class=\"mw-cite-backlink\">^ <a href=\"#cite_ref-:1_6-0\"><sup><i><b>a<\/b><\/i><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"#cite_ref-:1_6-1\"><sup><i><b>b<\/b><\/i><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"#cite_ref-:1_6-2\"><sup><i><b>c<\/b><\/i><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"#cite_ref-:1_6-3\"><sup><i><b>d<\/b><\/i><\/sup><\/a><\/span> <span class=\"reference-text\"><link rel=\"mw-deduplicated-inline-style\" href=\"mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1333433106\" \/><cite id=\"rdp-we-CITEREFBastidasFabriciusWillis2004\" class=\"citation journal cs1\">Bastidas, C.; Fabricius, K. E.; Willis, B. L. (2004-11-01). <span class=\"id-lock-subscription\" title=\"Paid subscription required\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10750-004-2663-7\" target=\"_new\">\"Demographic aspects of the soft coral Sinularia flexibilis leading to local dominance on coral reefs\"<\/a><\/span>. <i>Hydrobiologia<\/i>. <b>530<\/b> (1): <span class=\"nowrap\">433\u2013<\/span>441. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bibcode_(identifier)\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"Bibcode (identifier)\" target=\"_new\">Bibcode<\/a>:<a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/ui.adsabs.harvard.edu\/abs\/2004HyBio.530..433B\" target=\"_new\">2004HyBio.530..433B<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doi_(identifier)\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"Doi (identifier)\" target=\"_new\">doi<\/a>:<a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007%2Fs10750-004-2663-7\" target=\"_new\">10.1007\/s10750-004-2663-7<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ISSN_(identifier)\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"ISSN (identifier)\" target=\"_new\">ISSN<\/a>&#160;<a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/issn\/1573-5117\" target=\"_new\">1573-5117<\/a>.<\/cite><span title=\"ctx&#95;ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft&#95;val&#95;fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Hydrobiologia&amp;rft.atitle=Demographic+aspects+of+the+soft+coral+Sinularia+flexibilis+leading+to+local+dominance+on+coral+reefs&amp;rft.volume=530&amp;rft.issue=1&amp;rft.pages=433-441&amp;rft.date=2004-11-01&amp;rft.issn=1573-5117&amp;rft&#95;id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1007%2Fs10750-004-2663-7&amp;rft&#95;id=info%3Abibcode%2F2004HyBio.530..433B&amp;rft.aulast=Bastidas&amp;rft.aufirst=C.&amp;rft.au=Fabricius%2C+K.+E.&amp;rft.au=Willis%2C+B.+L.&amp;rft&#95;id=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1007%2Fs10750-004-2663-7&amp;rfr&#95;id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASinularia+flexibilis\" class=\"Z3988\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;note-:2-7\"><span class=\"mw-cite-backlink\">^ <a href=\"#cite_ref-:2_7-0\"><sup><i><b>a<\/b><\/i><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"#cite_ref-:2_7-1\"><sup><i><b>b<\/b><\/i><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"#cite_ref-:2_7-2\"><sup><i><b>c<\/b><\/i><\/sup><\/a><\/span> <span class=\"reference-text\"><link rel=\"mw-deduplicated-inline-style\" href=\"mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1333433106\" \/><cite id=\"rdp-we-CITEREFKhalesiBeeftinkWijffels2007\" class=\"citation journal cs1\">Khalesi, Mohammad K.; Beeftink, H. H.; Wijffels, R. H. (2007-11-23). <span class=\"id-lock-subscription\" title=\"Paid subscription required\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S002209810700281X\" target=\"_new\">\"Flow-dependent growth in the zooxanthellate soft coral Sinularia flexibilis\"<\/a><\/span>. <i>Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology<\/i>. <b>351<\/b> (1): <span class=\"nowrap\">106\u2013<\/span>113. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bibcode_(identifier)\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"Bibcode (identifier)\" target=\"_new\">Bibcode<\/a>:<a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/ui.adsabs.harvard.edu\/abs\/2007JEMBE.351..106K\" target=\"_new\">2007JEMBE.351..106K<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doi_(identifier)\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"Doi (identifier)\" target=\"_new\">doi<\/a>:<a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016%2Fj.jembe.2007.06.007\" target=\"_new\">10.1016\/j.jembe.2007.06.007<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ISSN_(identifier)\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"ISSN (identifier)\" target=\"_new\">ISSN<\/a>&#160;<a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/issn\/0022-0981\" target=\"_new\">0022-0981<\/a>.<\/cite><span title=\"ctx&#95;ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft&#95;val&#95;fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Experimental+Marine+Biology+and+Ecology&amp;rft.atitle=Flow-dependent+growth+in+the+zooxanthellate+soft+coral+Sinularia+flexibilis&amp;rft.volume=351&amp;rft.issue=1&amp;rft.pages=106-113&amp;rft.date=2007-11-23&amp;rft.issn=0022-0981&amp;rft&#95;id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1016%2Fj.jembe.2007.06.007&amp;rft&#95;id=info%3Abibcode%2F2007JEMBE.351..106K&amp;rft.aulast=Khalesi&amp;rft.aufirst=Mohammad+K.&amp;rft.au=Beeftink%2C+H.+H.&amp;rft.au=Wijffels%2C+R.+H.&amp;rft&#95;id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencedirect.com%2Fscience%2Farticle%2Fpii%2FS002209810700281X&amp;rfr&#95;id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASinularia+flexibilis\" class=\"Z3988\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;note-8\"><span class=\"mw-cite-backlink\"><b><a href=\"#cite_ref-8\">^<\/a><\/b><\/span> <span class=\"reference-text\"><link rel=\"mw-deduplicated-inline-style\" href=\"mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1333433106\" \/><cite id=\"rdp-we-CITEREFKhalesiBeeftinkWijffels2009\" class=\"citation journal cs1\">Khalesi, Mohammad K.; Beeftink, H. H.; Wijffels, R. H. (2009-07-01). <span class=\"id-lock-subscription\" title=\"Paid subscription required\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10126-008-9164-z\" target=\"_new\">\"Light-Dependency of Growth and Secondary Metabolite Production in the Captive Zooxanthellate Soft Coral Sinularia flexibilis\"<\/a><\/span>. <i>Marine Biotechnology<\/i>. <b>11<\/b> (4): <span class=\"nowrap\">488\u2013<\/span>494. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bibcode_(identifier)\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"Bibcode (identifier)\" target=\"_new\">Bibcode<\/a>:<a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/ui.adsabs.harvard.edu\/abs\/2009MarBt..11..488K\" target=\"_new\">2009MarBt..11..488K<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doi_(identifier)\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"Doi (identifier)\" target=\"_new\">doi<\/a>:<a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007%2Fs10126-008-9164-z\" target=\"_new\">10.1007\/s10126-008-9164-z<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ISSN_(identifier)\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"ISSN (identifier)\" target=\"_new\">ISSN<\/a>&#160;<a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/issn\/1436-2236\" target=\"_new\">1436-2236<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/PMID_(identifier)\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"PMID (identifier)\" target=\"_new\">PMID<\/a>&#160;<a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/19048343\" target=\"_new\">19048343<\/a>.<\/cite><span title=\"ctx&#95;ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft&#95;val&#95;fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Marine+Biotechnology&amp;rft.atitle=Light-Dependency+of+Growth+and+Secondary+Metabolite+Production+in+the+Captive+Zooxanthellate+Soft+Coral+Sinularia+flexibilis&amp;rft.volume=11&amp;rft.issue=4&amp;rft.pages=488-494&amp;rft.date=2009-07-01&amp;rft&#95;id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1007%2Fs10126-008-9164-z&amp;rft.issn=1436-2236&amp;rft&#95;id=info%3Apmid%2F19048343&amp;rft&#95;id=info%3Abibcode%2F2009MarBt..11..488K&amp;rft.aulast=Khalesi&amp;rft.aufirst=Mohammad+K.&amp;rft.au=Beeftink%2C+H.+H.&amp;rft.au=Wijffels%2C+R.+H.&amp;rft&#95;id=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1007%2Fs10126-008-9164-z&amp;rfr&#95;id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASinularia+flexibilis\" class=\"Z3988\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;note-9\"><span class=\"mw-cite-backlink\"><b><a href=\"#cite_ref-9\">^<\/a><\/b><\/span> <span class=\"reference-text\"><link rel=\"mw-deduplicated-inline-style\" href=\"mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1333433106\" \/><cite id=\"rdp-we-CITEREFBastidasBenzieUthickeFabricius2001\" class=\"citation journal cs1\">Bastidas, C.; Benzie, J. A. H.; Uthicke, S.; Fabricius, K. E. (2001-03-01). <span class=\"id-lock-subscription\" title=\"Paid subscription required\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s002270000480\" target=\"_new\">\"Genetic differentiation among populations of a broadcast spawning soft coral, Sinularia flexibilis, on the Great Barrier Reef\"<\/a><\/span>. <i>Marine Biology<\/i>. <b>138<\/b> (3): <span class=\"nowrap\">517\u2013<\/span>525. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bibcode_(identifier)\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"Bibcode (identifier)\" target=\"_new\">Bibcode<\/a>:<a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/ui.adsabs.harvard.edu\/abs\/2001MarBi.138..517B\" target=\"_new\">2001MarBi.138..517B<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doi_(identifier)\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"Doi (identifier)\" target=\"_new\">doi<\/a>:<a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007%2Fs002270000480\" target=\"_new\">10.1007\/s002270000480<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ISSN_(identifier)\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"ISSN (identifier)\" target=\"_new\">ISSN<\/a>&#160;<a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/issn\/1432-1793\" target=\"_new\">1432-1793<\/a>.<\/cite><span title=\"ctx&#95;ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft&#95;val&#95;fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Marine+Biology&amp;rft.atitle=Genetic+differentiation+among+populations+of+a+broadcast+spawning+soft+coral%2C+Sinularia+flexibilis%2C+on+the+Great+Barrier+Reef&amp;rft.volume=138&amp;rft.issue=3&amp;rft.pages=517-525&amp;rft.date=2001-03-01&amp;rft.issn=1432-1793&amp;rft&#95;id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1007%2Fs002270000480&amp;rft&#95;id=info%3Abibcode%2F2001MarBi.138..517B&amp;rft.aulast=Bastidas&amp;rft.aufirst=C.&amp;rft.au=Benzie%2C+J.+A.+H.&amp;rft.au=Uthicke%2C+S.&amp;rft.au=Fabricius%2C+K.+E.&amp;rft&#95;id=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1007%2Fs002270000480&amp;rfr&#95;id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASinularia+flexibilis\" class=\"Z3988\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;note-:3-10\"><span class=\"mw-cite-backlink\">^ <a href=\"#cite_ref-:3_10-0\"><sup><i><b>a<\/b><\/i><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"#cite_ref-:3_10-1\"><sup><i><b>b<\/b><\/i><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"#cite_ref-:3_10-2\"><sup><i><b>c<\/b><\/i><\/sup><\/a><\/span> <span class=\"reference-text\"><link rel=\"mw-deduplicated-inline-style\" href=\"mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1333433106\" \/><cite id=\"rdp-we-CITEREFColl1992\" class=\"citation journal cs1\">Coll, John C. (1992-06-01). <span class=\"id-lock-subscription\" title=\"Paid subscription required\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/cr00012a006\" target=\"_new\">\"The chemistry and chemical ecology of octocorals (Coelenterata, Anthozoa, Octocorallia)\"<\/a><\/span>. <i>Chemical Reviews<\/i>. <b>92<\/b> (4): <span class=\"nowrap\">613\u2013<\/span>631. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doi_(identifier)\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"Doi (identifier)\" target=\"_new\">doi<\/a>:<a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021%2Fcr00012a006\" target=\"_new\">10.1021\/cr00012a006<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ISSN_(identifier)\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"ISSN (identifier)\" target=\"_new\">ISSN<\/a>&#160;<a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/issn\/0009-2665\" target=\"_new\">0009-2665<\/a>.<\/cite><span title=\"ctx&#95;ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft&#95;val&#95;fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Chemical+Reviews&amp;rft.atitle=The+chemistry+and+chemical+ecology+of+octocorals+%28Coelenterata%2C+Anthozoa%2C+Octocorallia%29&amp;rft.volume=92&amp;rft.issue=4&amp;rft.pages=613-631&amp;rft.date=1992-06-01&amp;rft&#95;id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1021%2Fcr00012a006&amp;rft.issn=0009-2665&amp;rft.aulast=Coll&amp;rft.aufirst=John+C.&amp;rft&#95;id=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1021%2Fcr00012a006&amp;rfr&#95;id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASinularia+flexibilis\" class=\"Z3988\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;note-:4-11\"><span class=\"mw-cite-backlink\">^ <a href=\"#cite_ref-:4_11-0\"><sup><i><b>a<\/b><\/i><\/sup><\/a> <a href=\"#cite_ref-:4_11-1\"><sup><i><b>b<\/b><\/i><\/sup><\/a><\/span> <span class=\"reference-text\"><link rel=\"mw-deduplicated-inline-style\" href=\"mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1333433106\" \/><cite id=\"rdp-we-CITEREFAceretCollUchioSammarco1998\" class=\"citation journal cs1\">Aceret, Teresita L; Coll, John C; Uchio, Yasuto; Sammarco, Paul W (1998-07-01). <span class=\"id-lock-subscription\" title=\"Paid subscription required\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0742841398000322\" target=\"_new\">\"Antimicrobial activity of the diterpenes flexibilide and sinulariolide derived from Sinularia flexibilis Quoy and Gaimard 1833 (Coelenterata: Alcyonacea, Octocorallia)\"<\/a><\/span>. <i>Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Endocrinology<\/i>. <b>120<\/b> (1): <span class=\"nowrap\">121\u2013<\/span>126. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doi_(identifier)\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"Doi (identifier)\" target=\"_new\">doi<\/a>:<a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016%2FS0742-8413%2898%2900032-2\" target=\"_new\">10.1016\/S0742-8413(98)00032-2<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ISSN_(identifier)\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"ISSN (identifier)\" target=\"_new\">ISSN<\/a>&#160;<a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/issn\/0742-8413\" target=\"_new\">0742-8413<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/PMID_(identifier)\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"PMID (identifier)\" target=\"_new\">PMID<\/a>&#160;<a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/9827024\" target=\"_new\">9827024<\/a>.<\/cite><span title=\"ctx&#95;ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft&#95;val&#95;fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Comparative+Biochemistry+and+Physiology+Part+C%3A+Pharmacology%2C+Toxicology+and+Endocrinology&amp;rft.atitle=Antimicrobial+activity+of+the+diterpenes+flexibilide+and+sinulariolide+derived+from+Sinularia+flexibilis+Quoy+and+Gaimard+1833+%28Coelenterata%3A+Alcyonacea%2C+Octocorallia%29&amp;rft.volume=120&amp;rft.issue=1&amp;rft.pages=121-126&amp;rft.date=1998-07-01&amp;rft.issn=0742-8413&amp;rft&#95;id=info%3Apmid%2F9827024&amp;rft&#95;id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1016%2FS0742-8413%2898%2900032-2&amp;rft.aulast=Aceret&amp;rft.aufirst=Teresita+L&amp;rft.au=Coll%2C+John+C&amp;rft.au=Uchio%2C+Yasuto&amp;rft.au=Sammarco%2C+Paul+W&amp;rft&#95;id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencedirect.com%2Fscience%2Farticle%2Fpii%2FS0742841398000322&amp;rfr&#95;id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASinularia+flexibilis\" class=\"Z3988\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;note-12\"><span class=\"mw-cite-backlink\"><b><a href=\"#cite_ref-12\">^<\/a><\/b><\/span> <span class=\"reference-text\"><link rel=\"mw-deduplicated-inline-style\" href=\"mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1333433106\" \/><cite id=\"rdp-we-CITEREFSuWongChinWu2013\" class=\"citation journal cs1\">Su, Ching-Chyuan; Wong, Bing-Sang; Chin, Chuen; Wu, Yu-Jen; Su, Jui-Hsin (2013-02-21). <a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3588100\" target=\"_new\">\"Oxygenated Cembranoids from the Soft Coral Sinularia flexibilis\"<\/a>. <i>International Journal of Molecular Sciences<\/i>. <b>14<\/b> (2): <span class=\"nowrap\">4317\u2013<\/span>4325. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doi_(identifier)\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"Doi (identifier)\" target=\"_new\">doi<\/a>:<span class=\"id-lock-free\" title=\"Freely accessible\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390%2Fijms14024317\" target=\"_new\">10.3390\/ijms14024317<\/a><\/span>. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ISSN_(identifier)\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"ISSN (identifier)\" target=\"_new\">ISSN<\/a>&#160;<a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/issn\/1422-0067\" target=\"_new\">1422-0067<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/PMC_(identifier)\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"PMC (identifier)\" target=\"_new\">PMC<\/a>&#160;<span class=\"id-lock-free\" title=\"Freely accessible\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3588100\" target=\"_new\">3588100<\/a><\/span>. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/PMID_(identifier)\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"PMID (identifier)\" target=\"_new\">PMID<\/a>&#160;<a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/23429272\" target=\"_new\">23429272<\/a>.<\/cite><span title=\"ctx&#95;ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft&#95;val&#95;fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=International+Journal+of+Molecular+Sciences&amp;rft.atitle=Oxygenated+Cembranoids+from+the+Soft+Coral+Sinularia+flexibilis&amp;rft.volume=14&amp;rft.issue=2&amp;rft.pages=4317-4325&amp;rft.date=2013-02-21&amp;rft&#95;id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2Farticles%2FPMC3588100%23id-name%3DPMC&amp;rft.issn=1422-0067&amp;rft&#95;id=info%3Apmid%2F23429272&amp;rft&#95;id=info%3Adoi%2F10.3390%2Fijms14024317&amp;rft.aulast=Su&amp;rft.aufirst=Ching-Chyuan&amp;rft.au=Wong%2C+Bing-Sang&amp;rft.au=Chin%2C+Chuen&amp;rft.au=Wu%2C+Yu-Jen&amp;rft.au=Su%2C+Jui-Hsin&amp;rft&#95;id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2Farticles%2FPMC3588100&amp;rfr&#95;id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASinularia+flexibilis\" class=\"Z3988\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;note-13\"><span class=\"mw-cite-backlink\"><b><a href=\"#cite_ref-13\">^<\/a><\/b><\/span> <span class=\"reference-text\"><link rel=\"mw-deduplicated-inline-style\" href=\"mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1333433106\" \/><cite id=\"rdp-we-CITEREFZhengLaiSungChen2025\" class=\"citation journal cs1\">Zheng, Li-Guo; Lai, Kuei-Hung; Sung, Ping-Jyun; Chen, You-Ying; Kuo, Jimmy; Su, Jui-Hsin; El-Shazly, Mohamed (2025-07-19). <span class=\"id-lock-subscription\" title=\"Paid subscription required\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/linkinghub.elsevier.com\/retrieve\/pii\/S0044848625008452\" target=\"_new\">\"Microbial dynamics of wild and cultured Sinularia flexibilis: Implications for coral aquaculture\"<\/a><\/span>. <i>Aquaculture<\/i>. <b>611<\/b> 742959. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doi_(identifier)\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"Doi (identifier)\" target=\"_new\">doi<\/a>:<a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016%2Fj.aquaculture.2025.742959\" target=\"_new\">10.1016\/j.aquaculture.2025.742959<\/a>.<\/cite><span title=\"ctx&#95;ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft&#95;val&#95;fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Aquaculture&amp;rft.atitle=Microbial+dynamics+of+wild+and+cultured+Sinularia+flexibilis%3A+Implications+for+coral+aquaculture&amp;rft.volume=611&amp;rft.artnum=742959&amp;rft.date=2025-07-19&amp;rft&#95;id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1016%2Fj.aquaculture.2025.742959&amp;rft.aulast=Zheng&amp;rft.aufirst=Li-Guo&amp;rft.au=Lai%2C+Kuei-Hung&amp;rft.au=Sung%2C+Ping-Jyun&amp;rft.au=Chen%2C+You-Ying&amp;rft.au=Kuo%2C+Jimmy&amp;rft.au=Su%2C+Jui-Hsin&amp;rft.au=El-Shazly%2C+Mohamed&amp;rft&#95;id=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0044848625008452&amp;rfr&#95;id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASinularia+flexibilis\" class=\"Z3988\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"navbox-styles\"><\/div><div role=\"navigation\" class=\"navbox\" aria-labelledby=\"Taxon&#95;identifiers1898\" style=\"padding:3px\"><table class=\"nowraplinks hlist navbox-inner\" style=\"border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit\"><tbody><tr><th scope=\"col\" class=\"navbox-title\" colspan=\"2\"><div id=\"rdp-we-Taxon&#95;identifiers1898\" style=\"font-size:114%;margin:0 4em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:Taxon_identifiers\" title=\"Help:Taxon identifiers\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Taxon identifiers<\/a><\/div><\/th><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\" class=\"navbox-group\" style=\"width:1%;text-align: left;\"><i>Sinularia flexibilis<\/i><\/th><td class=\"navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd\" style=\"width:100%;padding:0\"><div style=\"padding:0 0.25em\">\n<ul><li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikidata\" title=\"Wikidata\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Wikidata<\/a>: <span class=\"uid\"><span class=\"external\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/wiki\/Q2206308\" class=\"extiw wiki-link\" title=\"wikidata:Q2206308\" target=\"_new\">Q2206308<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Australian_Faunal_Directory\" title=\"Australian Faunal Directory\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">AFD<\/a>: <span class=\"uid\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/biodiversity.org.au\/afd\/taxa\/Sinularia_flexibilis\" target=\"_new\">Sinularia_flexibilis<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Catalogue_of_Life\" title=\"Catalogue of Life\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">CoL<\/a>: <span class=\"uid\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.catalogueoflife.org\/data\/taxon\/4XMDH\" target=\"_new\">4XMDH<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Global_Biodiversity_Information_Facility\" title=\"Global Biodiversity Information Facility\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">GBIF<\/a>: <span class=\"uid\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gbif.org\/species\/2262722\" target=\"_new\">2262722<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/INaturalist\" title=\"INaturalist\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">iNaturalist<\/a>: <span class=\"uid\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/inaturalist.org\/taxa\/368488\" target=\"_new\">368488<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Interim_Register_of_Marine_and_Nonmarine_Genera\" title=\"Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">IRMNG<\/a>: <span class=\"uid\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irmng.org\/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=11168608\" target=\"_new\">11168608<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Center_for_Biotechnology_Information\" title=\"National Center for Biotechnology Information\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">NCBI<\/a>: <span class=\"uid\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/datasets\/taxonomy\/51815\/\" target=\"_new\">51815<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Open_Tree_of_Life\" title=\"Open Tree of Life\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Open Tree of Life<\/a>: <span class=\"uid\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/tree.opentreeoflife.org\/taxonomy\/browse?id=921124\" target=\"_new\">921124<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SeaLifeBase\" title=\"SeaLifeBase\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">SeaLifeBase<\/a>: <span class=\"uid\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sealifebase.ca\/Summary\/SpeciesSummary.php?id=163211\" target=\"_new\">163211<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zh.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%E8%87%BA%E7%81%A3%E7%89%A9%E7%A8%AE%E5%90%8D%E9%8C%84\" class=\"extiw wiki-link\" title=\"zh:\u81fa\u7063\u7269\u7a2e\u540d\u9304\" target=\"_new\">TaiCOL<\/a>: <span class=\"uid\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/taicol.tw\/taxon\/t0039129\" target=\"_new\">t0039129<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_Register_of_Marine_Species\" title=\"World Register of Marine Species\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">WoRMS<\/a>: <span class=\"uid\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marinespecies.org\/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=288521\" target=\"_new\">288521<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n<!-- \nNewPP limit report\nParsed by mw\u2010web.codfw.main\u201064d46c4db6\u20108vf6q\nCached time: 20260624213101\nCache expiry: 2592000\nCache expiry source: Module:Citation\/CS1 (os.date(%Y))\nReduced expiry: false\nComplications: [vary\u2010revision\u2010sha1, prevent\u2010selective\u2010update, show\u2010toc]\nCPU time usage: 0.461 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.838 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 4652\/1000000\nRevision size: 11756\/2097152 bytes\nPost\u2010expand include size: 49487\/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 3846\/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 21\/100\nExpensive parser function count: 11\/500\nUnstrip recursion depth: 1\/20\nUnstrip post\u2010expand size: 59584\/5000000 bytes\nLua time usage: 0.322\/10.000 seconds\nLua memory usage: 6794206\/52428800 bytes\nNumber of Wikibase entities loaded: 11\/500\n-->\n<!--\nTransclusion expansion time report (%,ms,calls,template)\n100.00%  520.125      1 -total\n 34.57%  179.785      1 Template:Speciesbox\n 32.51%  169.112      1 Template:Taxobox\/core\n 28.67%  149.129      1 Template:Taxobar\n 13.32%   69.265      4 Template:Cite_web\n 12.17%   63.308      1 Template:Short_description\n  8.26%   42.947      9 Template:Cite_journal\n  6.94%   36.095      2 Template:Pagetype\n  3.31%   17.192      4 Template:Main_other\n  3.29%   17.106     24 Template:If_empty\n-->\n\n<!-- Render ID fefee739-7013-11f1-a060-6789c2b2ba1a -->\n\n<!-- Saved in parser cache with key enwiki:pcache:42064006:|#|:idhash:canonical and timestamp 20260624213101 and revision id 1355774026. Rendering was triggered because: page_view\n -->\n<\/div><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:CentralAutoLogin\/start?useformat=desktop&amp;type=1x1&amp;usesul3=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" style=\"border: none; position: absolute;\"><\/noscript>\n<div class=\"printfooter\" data-nosnippet=\"\">source:  <a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sinularia_flexibilis\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sinularia_flexibilis<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/main>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"mw-footer-container\">\n\t\t\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div> \n<div class=\"vector-header-container vector-sticky-header-container no-font-mode-scale\">\n\t<div id=\"rdp-we-vector-sticky-header\" class=\"vector-sticky-header\">\n\t\t<div class=\"vector-sticky-header-start\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vector-sticky-header-icon-start vector-button-flush-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-sticky-header-search-toggle\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-event-name=\"ui.vector-sticky-search-form.icon\"><span class=\"vector-icon mw-ui-icon-search mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-search\"><\/span>\n\n<span>Search<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<div role=\"search\" class=\"vector-search-box-vue  vector-search-box-show-thumbnail vector-search-box\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vector-typeahead-search-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cdx-typeahead-search cdx-typeahead-search--show-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<form action=\"\/w\/index.php\" id=\"rdp-we-vector-sticky-search-form\" class=\"cdx-search-input cdx-search-input--has-end-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"cdx-search-input__input-wrapper\"  data-search-loc=\"header-moved\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cdx-text-input cdx-text-input--has-start-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"cdx-text-input__input mw-searchInput\" autocomplete=\"off\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"search\" name=\"search\" placeholder=\"Search Wikipedia\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cdx-text-input__icon cdx-text-input__start-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"title\" value=\"Special:Search\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"cdx-button cdx-search-input__end-button\">Search<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/form>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"vector-sticky-header-context-bar\">\n\t\t\t\t<nav aria-label=\"Contents\" class=\"vector-toc-landmark\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"rdp-we-vector-sticky-header-toc\" class=\"vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-sticky-header-toc vector-sticky-header-toc vector-button-flush-left\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rdp-we-vector-sticky-header-toc-checkbox\" role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" data-event-name=\"ui.dropdown-vector-sticky-header-toc\" class=\"vector-dropdown-checkbox\"  aria-label=\"Toggle the table of contents\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<label id=\"rdp-we-vector-sticky-header-toc-label\" for=\"vector-sticky-header-toc-checkbox\" class=\"vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\"  ><span class=\"vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet\"><\/span>\n\n<span class=\"vector-dropdown-label-text\">Toggle the table of contents<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vector-dropdown-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"rdp-we-vector-sticky-header-toc-unpinned-container\" class=\"vector-unpinned-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vector-sticky-header-context-bar-primary\" aria-hidden=\"true\" ><i>Sinularia flexibilis<\/i><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"vector-sticky-header-end\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vector-sticky-header-icons\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only\" id=\"rdp-we-ca-talk-sticky-header\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-event-name=\"talk-sticky-header\"><span class=\"vector-icon mw-ui-icon-speechBubbles mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-speechBubbles\"><\/span>\n\n<span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only\" id=\"rdp-we-ca-subject-sticky-header\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-event-name=\"subject-sticky-header\"><span class=\"vector-icon mw-ui-icon-article mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-article\"><\/span>\n\n<span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only\" id=\"rdp-we-ca-history-sticky-header\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-event-name=\"history-sticky-header\"><span class=\"vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-history mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-wikimedia-history\"><\/span>\n\n<span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only mw-watchlink\" id=\"rdp-we-ca-watchstar-sticky-header\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-event-name=\"watch-sticky-header\"><span class=\"vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-star mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-wikimedia-star\"><\/span>\n\n<span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only\" id=\"rdp-we-ca-edit-sticky-header\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-event-name=\"wikitext-edit-sticky-header\"><span class=\"vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-wikiText mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-wikimedia-wikiText\"><\/span>\n\n<span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only\" id=\"rdp-we-ca-ve-edit-sticky-header\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-event-name=\"ve-edit-sticky-header\"><span class=\"vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-edit mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-wikimedia-edit\"><\/span>\n\n<span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only\" id=\"rdp-we-ca-viewsource-sticky-header\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-event-name=\"ve-edit-protected-sticky-header\"><span class=\"vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-editLock mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-wikimedia-editLock\"><\/span>\n\n<span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vector-sticky-header-buttons\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet mw-interlanguage-selector\" id=\"rdp-we-p-lang-btn-sticky-header\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-event-name=\"ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn-sticky-header\"><span class=\"vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-wikimedia-language\"><\/span>\n\n<span>5 languages<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive\" id=\"rdp-we-ca-addsection-sticky-header\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-event-name=\"addsection-sticky-header\"><span class=\"vector-icon mw-ui-icon-speechBubbleAdd-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-speechBubbleAdd-progressive\"><\/span>\n\n<span>Add topic<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vector-sticky-header-icon-end\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vector-user-links\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mw-portlet mw-portlet-dock-bottom emptyPortlet\" id=\"rdp-we-p-dock-bottom\">\n\t<ul>\n\t\t\n\t<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div><!-- #rdp-we-main -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Genus<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Sinularia<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Species<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">sp<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":503,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[39],"product_tag":[160],"class_list":{"0":"post-439","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-anemones-and-soft-corals","7":"product_tag-spaghetti-finger-leather-coral","9":"first","10":"instock","11":"shipping-taxable","12":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Flexible leather coral - Moalboal Reef Species<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A comprehensive online checklist of reef flora and fauna known to be present in the Moalboal reef ecosystem.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/species\/flexible-leather-coral\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Flexible leather coral - Moalboal Reef Species\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A comprehensive online checklist of reef flora and fauna known to be present in the Moalboal reef ecosystem.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/species\/flexible-leather-coral\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Moalboal Reef Species\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-07-06T11:04:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/sinularia-flexibilis.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1106\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"829\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/species\/flexible-leather-coral\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/species\/flexible-leather-coral\/\",\"name\":\"Flexible leather coral - Moalboal Reef Species\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/species\/flexible-leather-coral\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/species\/flexible-leather-coral\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/sinularia-flexibilis.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-11-04T13:32:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-07-06T11:04:11+00:00\",\"description\":\"A comprehensive online checklist of reef flora and fauna known to be present in the Moalboal reef ecosystem.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/species\/flexible-leather-coral\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/species\/flexible-leather-coral\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/species\/flexible-leather-coral\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/sinularia-flexibilis.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/sinularia-flexibilis.jpg\",\"width\":1106,\"height\":829},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/species\/flexible-leather-coral\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Reef Species\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/reef-species\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Flexible leather coral\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/\",\"name\":\"Moalboal Reef Species\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Moalboal Reef Species\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/logo-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/logo-1.png\",\"width\":363,\"height\":146,\"caption\":\"Moalboal Reef Species\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Flexible leather coral - Moalboal Reef Species","description":"A comprehensive online checklist of reef flora and fauna known to be present in the Moalboal reef ecosystem.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/species\/flexible-leather-coral\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Flexible leather coral - Moalboal Reef Species","og_description":"A comprehensive online checklist of reef flora and fauna known to be present in the Moalboal reef ecosystem.","og_url":"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/species\/flexible-leather-coral\/","og_site_name":"Moalboal Reef Species","article_modified_time":"2020-07-06T11:04:11+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1106,"height":829,"url":"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/sinularia-flexibilis.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/species\/flexible-leather-coral\/","url":"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/species\/flexible-leather-coral\/","name":"Flexible leather coral - Moalboal Reef Species","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/species\/flexible-leather-coral\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/species\/flexible-leather-coral\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/sinularia-flexibilis.jpg","datePublished":"2019-11-04T13:32:31+00:00","dateModified":"2020-07-06T11:04:11+00:00","description":"A comprehensive online checklist of reef flora and fauna known to be present in the Moalboal reef ecosystem.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/species\/flexible-leather-coral\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/species\/flexible-leather-coral\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/species\/flexible-leather-coral\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/sinularia-flexibilis.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/sinularia-flexibilis.jpg","width":1106,"height":829},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/species\/flexible-leather-coral\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Reef Species","item":"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/reef-species\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Flexible leather coral"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/#website","url":"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/","name":"Moalboal Reef Species","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/#organization","name":"Moalboal Reef Species","url":"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/logo-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/logo-1.png","width":363,"height":146,"caption":"Moalboal Reef Species"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=439"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=439"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}