Lobophyllia hassi Sinuous cup coral

Lobophyllia hassi is commonly referred to as Sinuous cup coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: Normaal. A aquarium size of at least 250 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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AphiaID:: 888143

Scientific:: Lobophyllia hassi
German:: Großpolypige Steinkoralle
English:: Sinuous Cup Coral

Category:: Steenkoralen LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hexacorallia (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Lobophylliidae (Family) > Lobophyllia (Genus) > hassi (Species)
Initial determination:: (Pillai & Scheer, ), 1976

Occurrence:: Eritrea, Djibouti, (the) Maldives, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Fiji, Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Caledonia, North Pacific (Ocean), Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), Western Indian Ocean, Western Pacific Ocean, Yemen
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:: 4 - 20 Meter
Size:: up to 7.87" (20 cm)
Temperature:: 82.76 °F - 84.74 °F (28.2°C - 29.3°C)
Food:: Plankton, Zooxanthellae / Light
Tank:: 54.99 gal (~ 250L)
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:

Vulnerable (VU)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2016-07-23 11:52:03
Last edit:: 2024-05-04 15:58:14

Captive breeding / propagation

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

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Lobophyllia hassi Pillai & Scheer, 1976

Very special thanks for the first photo of Symphyllia hassi to Dr. Douglas Fenner, American Samoa!

Colonies are hemispherical to flat and are seldom more than 0.2 metres across. Valleys are short and usually less than 25 millimetres wide. Walls are thick and in extreme cases can have an ambulacral groove which is wider than the valleys (similar to the faviid Diploria labyrinthiformis). Costae and septa are both thick. Septa have large blunt spines. Columellae are large and centred in valleys.

Colour: Cream.

Habitat: Exposed upper reef slopes and reef flats.

Abundance: Uncommon.

Similar species: Symphyllia agaricia

Source: AIMS, Coral Fact Sheets

Depth: 4 to 20 meters.

Synonymised names
Symphyllia hassi Pillai & Scheer, 1976 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)

External links

Corals of the World (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Informations about Dr. Douglas Fenner (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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