Dendrophyllia cornigera Dendrophyllia cornigera

Dendrophyllia cornigera is commonly referred to as Dendrophyllia cornigera. Difficulty in the aquarium: Dla zaawansowanych. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Dendrophyllia cornigera (Lamarck, 1816)

Gelbe Baumkoralle

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lexID:: 3306
AphiaID:: 135185

Scientific:: Dendrophyllia cornigera
German:: Gelbe Baumkoralle
English:: Dendrophyllia Cornigera

Category:: Koralowce twarde LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Dendrophylliidae (Family) > Dendrophyllia (Genus) > cornigera (Species)
Initial determination:: (Lamarck, ), 1816

Occurrence:: Azores, East-Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, South-Africa, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea
Marine Zone:: Mesopelagial
Mesopelagic zone
lies between 200 to 1000 meters depth, thus it is considered the "twilight zone of the sea" between the light and dark depth zones.
Sea depth:: 80 - 815 Meter
Size:: up to 5.91" (15 cm)
Temperature:: 8,8 °F - 60.8 °F (8,8°C - 16°C)
Food:: Food specialist, Phytoplankton, Plankton, Zooplankton
Tank:: 22 gal (~ 100L)
Difficulty:: Dla zaawansowanych
Offspring:: Possible to breed
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country))

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Dendrophyllia aculeata
Dendrophyllia alcocki
Dendrophyllia alternata
Steinkoralle
Dendrophyllia arbuscula
Kelchkoralle
Dendrophyllia boschmai
Dendrophyllia californica
Dendrophyllia carleenae
Dendrophyllia cecilliana
Dendrophyllia cladonia
Dendrophyllia cornigera
Gelbe Baumkoralle
Dendrophyllia cribrosa
Dendrophyllia dilatata
Dendrophyllia florulenta
Dendrophyllia futojiku
Dendrophyllia ijimai
Kelchkoralle
Dendrophyllia incisa
Dendrophyllia indica
Großpolyige Steinkoralle, Kelchkoralle
Dendrophyllia johnsoni
Dendrophyllia laboreli
Kelchkoralle
Dendrophyllia minima
Dendrophyllia minuscula
Dendrophyllia oldroydae
Dendrophyllia paragracilis
Dendrophyllia radians
Dendrophyllia ramea
Orangefarbene Baumkoralle, Orangefarbene Astkoralle, Kandelaber Koralle
Dendrophyllia robusta
Dendrophyllia suprarbuscula
Dendrophyllia velata

More related species in this lexicon:

Dendrophyllia sp.
Kelchkoralle

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2010-08-27 17:40:46
Last edit:: 2018-10-25 21:06:52

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Dendrophyllia cornigera are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Dendrophyllia cornigera, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Dendrophyllia cornigera, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

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Known from circalittoral and bathyal zones

Klassifizierung
|Scleractinia | Dendrophylliidae

External links

L'agenda de la mer et des marins (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Overview of the Conservation Status of Mediterranean Anthozoa (en). Abgerufen am 02.04.2021.

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