Polycyathus senegalensis Cup coral

Polycyathus senegalensis is commonly referred to as Cup coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

11171 

AphiaID:

286847 

Scientific:

Polycyathus senegalensis 

German:

Kelchkoralle 

English:

Cup Coral 

Category:

Coraux durs LPS 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Caryophylliidae (Family) > Polycyathus (Genus) > senegalensis (Species) 

Initial determination:

Chevalier, 1966 

Occurrence:

East-Atlantic Ocean, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, North Atlantic Ocean, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, West Africa, West-Atlantic Ocean 

Sea depth:

12 - 143 Meter 

Size:

1,5 cm 

Temperature:

19,8 °F - 25,3 °F (19,8°C - 25,3°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, azooxanthellat, nonphotosynthetic, Copepods, Crustaceans, Daphnia salina, Invertebrates, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Possible to breed 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

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

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Polycyathus andamanensis
• 
  Polycyathus atlanticus
  Steinkoralle
• Polycyathus difficilis
• Polycyathus fulvus
• Polycyathus furanaensis
• 
  Polycyathus fuscomarginatus
  Kelchkoralle
• Polycyathus hodgsoni
• Polycyathus hondaensis
• 
  Polycyathus isabela
  Steinkoralle
• Polycyathus marigondoni
• Polycyathus mayae
• 
  Polycyathus muellerae
  Steinkoralle
• Polycyathus norfolkensis
• Polycyathus octuplus
• Polycyathus palifera
• Polycyathus persicus
• 
  Polycyathus senegalensis
  Kelchkoralle
• 
  Polycyathus verrilli
  Verrill's Kelchkoralle
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Polycyathus chaishanensis
  Großpolypige Steinkoralle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-10-29 10:08:13 

Last edit:

2017-10-29 14:52:10 

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