Cladiella krempfi
Cladiella krempfi is a species of soft coral in the family Alcyoniidae. It is found in the western Indo-Pacific and was first described by the British zoologist Sydney John Hickson in 1919.
| Cladiella krempfi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Anthozoa |
| Order: | Alcyonacea |
| Family: | Alcyoniidae |
| Genus: | Cladiella |
| Species: | C. krempfi |
| Binomial name | |
| Cladiella krempfi | |
Secondary metabolites
Four unusual diterpenes with novel pyran rings have been found in this soft coral, and these compounds also accumulate in the tissues of the nudibranch Tritoniopsis elegans that feeds on the coral.[2]
References
- van Ofwegen, Leen (2014). "Cladiella krempfi (Hickson, 1919)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
- Cai, You-Sheng; Yao, Li-Gong; Di Pascale, Antonio; Irace, Carlo; Mollo, Ernesto; Taglialatela-Scafati, Orazio; Guo, Yue-Wei (2013). "Polyoxygenated diterpenoids of the eunicellin-type from the Chinese soft coral Cladiella krempfi". Tetrahedron. 69 (9): 2214–2219. doi:10.1016/j.tet.2012.12.051.
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