Mycetophyllia lamarckiana Ridged cactus coral

Mycetophyllia lamarckiana is commonly referred to as Ridged cactus coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Alleen voor gevorderden. A aquarium size of at least 500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

5427 

AphiaID:

290427 

Scientific:

Mycetophyllia lamarckiana 

German:

Kaktuskoralle 

English:

Ridged Cactus Coral 

Category:

Steenkoralen LPS 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Faviidae (Family) > Mycetophyllia (Genus) > lamarckiana (Species) 

Initial determination:

Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 

Occurrence:

Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Columbia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico (East Pacific), Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, the Netherlands Antilles, USA, Venezuela, West-Atlantic Ocean 

Size:

up to 11.81" (30 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 

Tank:

109.99 gal (~ 500L)  

Difficulty:

Alleen voor gevorderden 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

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

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Mycetophyllia aliciae
  Kaktuskoralle
• 
  Mycetophyllia ferox
  Kaktuskoralle
• 
  Mycetophyllia lamarckiana
  Kaktuskoralle
• 
  Mycetophyllia reesi
  Kaktuskoralle

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Mycetophyllia danaana
  Kaktuskoralle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-05-08 13:59:14 

Last edit:

2013-05-08 13:59:14 

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