Psammocora superficialis

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Psammocora superficialis. Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Colonies commonly have undulating surfaces. Photograph: Charlie Veron.

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Foto: Osezaki, Japan, 15 Meter Tiefe, 04/2012

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lexID:: 2107
AphiaID:: 207270

Scientific:: Psammocora superficialis
German:: Kleinpolypige Steinkoralle
English:: Stony Coral

Category:: Steenkoralen SPS
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Psammocoridae (Family) > Psammocora (Genus) > superficialis (Species)
Initial determination:: Gardiner, 1898

Occurrence:: Tokelau, Australia, Cocos Island (Costa Rica), Somalia, Jordan, Solomon Islands, Irak, Palau, Guam, Nicaragua, French Polynesia, Micronesia, Vietnam, Djibouti, Kuwait, Taiwan, Quatar, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Papua New Guinea, India, Northern Mariana Islands, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Myanmar, Christmas Islands, Ecuador, Madagascar, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Thailand, Kiribati, Sierra Leone, Yemen, Red Sea, Indo Pacific, Pakistan, Guadeloupe, New Caledonia, Fiji, Mayotte, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Costa Rica, Comores, Tonga, Sudan, Cambodia, Samoa, Iran, Panama, Niue, Galapagos Islands, Mozambique, Wallis and Futuna, El Salvador, Réunion , Tuvalu, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), Tansania, Kenya, the Seychelles, Philippines, East Africa, Great Barrier Reef, Nauru, Eritrea, Mauritius, Vanuatu, Cook Islands, Amerikaans-Samoa, Bahrein, China, Egypte, Honduras, Indische Oceaan, Japan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Westelijke Indische Oceaan
Sea depth:: 2 - 30 Meter
Size:: bis zu 25cm
Temperature:: 24°C - 27°C
Food:: Plankton, zoöxanthellen / licht
Tank:: ~ 150 Liter
Difficulty:: Normaal
Offspring:: Possible to breed

Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown
CITES:: Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country))
Red List:: Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

More related species in this lexicon:

Psammocora verrilli
Kleinpolypige Steinkoralle

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2006-12-31 11:19:30
Last edit:: 2018-07-02 16:07:08

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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Psammocora superficialis
Gardiner, 1898

Infos from AIMS Website:
Characters: Colonies are encrusting or form thick plates with low irregular ridges. Corallites are small, shallow, and irregularly distributed. Primary septo-costae have a petaloid shape.

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