Dendrophyllia cornigera Dendrophyllia cornigera

Dendrophyllia cornigera is commonly referred to as Dendrophyllia cornigera. Difficulty in the aquarium: Pour aquariophiles éprouvés. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

3306 

AphiaID:

135185 

Scientific:

Dendrophyllia cornigera 

German:

Gelbe Baumkoralle 

English:

Dendrophyllia Cornigera 

Category:

Coraux durs LPS 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Dendrophylliidae (Family) > Dendrophyllia (Genus) > cornigera (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Lamarck, ), 1816 

Occurrence:

Azores, East-Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, South-Africa, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea 

Marine Zone:

Mesopelagial
Mesopelagic zone
lies between 200 to 1000 meters depth, thus it is considered the "twilight zone of the sea" between the light and dark depth zones. 

Sea depth:

80 - 815 Meter 

Size:

up to 5.91" (15 cm) 

Temperature:

8,8 °F - 60.8 °F (8,8°C - 16°C) 

Food:

Food specialist, Phytoplankton, Plankton, Zooplankton 

Tank:

22 gal (~ 100L)  

Difficulty:

Pour aquariophiles éprouvés 

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:

• Dendrophyllia aculeata
• Dendrophyllia alcocki
• 
  Dendrophyllia alternata
  Steinkoralle
• 
  Dendrophyllia arbuscula
  Kelchkoralle
• Dendrophyllia boschmai
• Dendrophyllia californica
• Dendrophyllia carleenae
• Dendrophyllia cecilliana
• Dendrophyllia cladonia
• 
  Dendrophyllia cornigera
  Gelbe Baumkoralle
• Dendrophyllia cribrosa
• Dendrophyllia dilatata
• Dendrophyllia florulenta
• Dendrophyllia futojiku
• 
  Dendrophyllia ijimai
  Kelchkoralle
• Dendrophyllia incisa
• 
  Dendrophyllia indica
  Großpolyige Steinkoralle, Kelchkoralle
• Dendrophyllia johnsoni
• 
  Dendrophyllia laboreli
  Kelchkoralle
• Dendrophyllia minima
• Dendrophyllia minuscula
• Dendrophyllia oldroydae
• Dendrophyllia paragracilis
• Dendrophyllia radians
• 
  Dendrophyllia ramea
  Orangefarbene Baumkoralle, Orangefarbene Astkoralle, Kandelaber Koralle
• Dendrophyllia robusta
• Dendrophyllia suprarbuscula
• Dendrophyllia velata
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Dendrophyllia sp.
  Kelchkoralle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2010-08-27 17:40:46 

Last edit:

2018-10-25 21:06:52 

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