Rhizopsammia verrilli Verrilli´s Cup Coral

Rhizopsammia verrilli is commonly referred to as Verrilli´s Cup Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

10380 

AphiaID:

210737 

Scientific:

Rhizopsammia verrilli 

German:

Verrills Becherkoralle 

English:

Verrilli´s Cup Coral 

Category:

Steenkoralen LPS 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Dendrophylliidae (Family) > Rhizopsammia (Genus) > verrilli (Species) 

Initial determination:

van der Horst, 1922 

Occurrence:

Cocos Island (Costa Rica), Australia, Cebu ((Philippines), Costa Rica, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Hawaii, Lord Howe Island, Malaysia, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Palau, Philippines, Singapore, Sulu Sea , the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, the Kermadec Islands, Western Pacific Ocean 

Sea depth:

2 - 278 Meter 

Habitats:

Rocky outcrops, Rock ledges, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0.39" - 1.18" (1,5cm - 3,5cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 27,9 °F (22°C - 27,9°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Copepods, Invertebrates, Mysis, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

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:

• Rhizopsammia annae
• Rhizopsammia bermudensis
• Rhizopsammia compacta
• Rhizopsammia goesi
• Rhizopsammia minuta
• Rhizopsammia nuda
• Rhizopsammia pulchra
• 
  Rhizopsammia verrilli
  Verrills Becherkoralle
• 
  Rhizopsammia wellingtoni
  Großpolypige Steinkoralle
• Rhizopsammia wettsteini

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-01-25 20:31:46 

Last edit:

2026-03-17 16:49:53 

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