Paraechinophyllia variabilis Chalice coral

Paraechinophyllia variabilis is commonly referred to as Chalice 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.

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lexID:

11589 

AphiaID:

1349602 

Scientific:

Paraechinophyllia variabilis 

German:

Großpolypige Steinkoralle 

English:

Chalice Coral 

Category:

Coraux durs LPS 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Lobophylliidae (Family) > Paraechinophyllia (Genus) > variabilis (Species) 

Initial determination:

Arrigoni, Benzoni & Stolarski, 2019 

Occurrence:

Gulf of Aden, Madagascar, Mayotte, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, Western Indian Ocean, Yemen 

Marine Zone:

Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 

Sea depth:

5 - 20 Meter 

Size:

3.15" - 6.3" (8cm - 16cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Dissolved inorganic substances) f.e.NaCL,CA, Mag, K, I.P, CO2, Dissolved organic substances, Photosynthesis, Zooxanthellae / Light 

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) 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Paraechinophyllia variabilis
  Großpolypige Steinkoralle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2018-06-25 11:54:22 

Last edit:

2019-09-09 23:23:23 

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