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Tubipora sp. pipe-organ corals

Tubipora sp. is commonly referred to as pipe-organ corals. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Tubipora sp.

Tubipora sp. (evtl. T. reptans?) Foto: S. John's Reef, Rotes Meer, Ägypten


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lexID:
12111 
AphiaID:
0 
Scientific:
Tubipora sp. 
German:
Orgelkoralle (unbestimmt) 
English:
Pipe-organ Corals 
Category:
Buiskoralen 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Tubiporidae (Family) > Tubipora (Genus) > sp. (Species) 
Occurrence:
Circumtropic, Red Sea 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Temperature:
°F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C) 
Food:
Amphipods, azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Copepods, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country)) 
Red List:
Near threatened (NT) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2019-05-15 20:23:28 

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Tubipora sp.

The Organ Pipe Coral is a species of octocoral and produce an aragonite skeleton.The thin pipes (tubes) only a couple of millimeters in diameter which are cross-linked by horizontal plates. This parallel arrangement of tiny tubes is the source of the common name for this coral. Polyps are small and dainty.

External links

  1. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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