Lobophyllia hemprichii Largebrain Root Coral

Lobophyllia hemprichii is commonly referred to as Largebrain Root Coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 200 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:: 653
AphiaID:: 207392

Scientific:: Lobophyllia hemprichii
German:: Doldenkoralle
English:: Largebrain Root Coral

Category:: Steenkoralen LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Lobophylliidae (Family) > Lobophyllia (Genus) > hemprichii (Species)
Initial determination:: (Ehrenberg, ), 1834

Occurrence:: (the) Maldives, Aldabra Group, Australia, Corea, East Africa, Egypt, Fiji, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mozambique, North Pacific (Ocean), Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, Réunion , Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Somalia, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Seychelles, USA
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 6 - 30 Meter
Habitats:: Reef slopes, Reef-associated, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: up to 9.84" (25 cm)
Temperature:: 77 °F - 84.74 °F (25°C - 29.3°C)
Food:: Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light
Tank:: 44 gal (~ 200L)
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:

Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2004-09-11 17:21:04
Last edit:: 2024-09-15 12:25:13

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Lobophyllia hemprichii (Ehrenberg, 1834)

Similar Species: Lobophyllia dentatus, which is always monocentric and has more exsert septa with relatively prominent teeth. See also L. corymbosa, which is also monocentric and L. robusta, which has larger, more fleshy corallites.

Synonymised names:
Caryophyllia cristata (Esper, 1789) · unaccepted (synonym)
Favites hemprichii (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Lithodendron cristatum (Esper, 1789) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lobophyllia aspera Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lobophyllia costata var. brueggemanni (Quelch, 1886) · unaccepted (synonymy)
Lobophyllia costata var. cristata (Esper, 1789) · unaccepted (synonymy)
Lobophyllia costata var. cytherea (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted (synonymy)
Lobophyllia cristata (Esper, 1789) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lobophyllia cytherea (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Lobophyllia echinata Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lobophyllia flexuosa Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lobophyllia hemprichii var. cerebriformis (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted (synonymy)
Lobophyllia multilobata (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lobophyllia sinensis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lobophyllia tenuidentata Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Madrepora cristata Esper, 1789 · unaccepted (synonym)
Manicina hemprichii Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Mussa aspera (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mussa brueggemanni Quelch, 1886 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mussa cerebriformis Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mussa cristata (Esper, 1789) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mussa cytherea Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mussa distans Klunzinger, 1879 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mussa echinata (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mussa erythraea Klunzinger, 1879 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mussa flexuosa (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mussa hemprichi (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > superseded combination (misspelling)
Mussa hemprichii (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Mussa multilobata Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mussa sinensis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mussa solida Tenison-Woods, 1879 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mussa studeri von Marenzeller, 1901 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mussa tenuidentata (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Direct children (1):
Variety Lobophyllia hemprichii var. cerebriformis (Dana, 1846) accepted as Lobophyllia hemprichii (Ehrenberg, 1834) (synonymy)

External links

Corals of the World (en). Abgerufen am 19.11.2022.
sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 15.09.2024.
Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 19.11.2022.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 19.11.2022.

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