Stichopathes occidentalis Black wire coral

Stichopathes occidentalis is commonly referred to as Black wire coral. Difficulty in the aquarium: niveau expert! très difficile à garder!. A aquarium size of at least 1000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Scientific:: Stichopathes occidentalis
German:: Peitschenkoralle
English:: Black Wire Coral

Category:: Gorgones

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Antipatharia (Order) > Antipathidae (Family) > Stichopathes (Genus) > occidentalis (Species)
Initial determination:: Gray, 1860

Occurrence:: Gulf of Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, São Tomé e Principé, the Caribbean
Size:: up to 39.37" (100 cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C)
Food:: Plankton
Tank:: 219.98 gal (~ 1000L)
Difficulty:: niveau expert! très difficile à garder!
Offspring:: Possible to breed
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Stichopathes abyssicola
Stichopathes aggregata
Stichopathes alcocki
Stichopathes bispinosa
Stichopathes bournei
Stichopathes ceylonensis
Stichopathes contorta
Stichopathes dissimilis
Stichopathes echinulata
Hornkoralle
Stichopathes euoplos
Stichopathes eustropha
Stichopathes filiformis
Stichopathes flagellum
Stichopathes gracilis
Stichopathes indica
Stichopathes japonica
Stichopathes longispina
Stichopathes lutkeni
Stichopathes maldivensis
Stichopathes occidentalis
Peitschenkoralle
Stichopathes papillosa
Stichopathes paucispina
Stichopathes regularis
Stichopathes richardi
Stichopathes robusta
Stichopathes saccula
Stichopathes semiglabra
Stichopathes setacea
Peitschenkoralle
Stichopathes seychellensis
Stichopathes solorensis
Stichopathes spiessi
Stichopathes spinosa
Stichopathes variabilis

More related species in this lexicon:

Stichopathes luetkeni
Lütkens Peitschenkoralle

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-08-04 15:48:52
Last edit:: 2013-08-04 15:48:52

Élevages

Des élevages de Stichopathes occidentalis sont possibles. Malheureusement il y en a pas assez pour le commerce. Si vous vous intéressez pour Stichopathes occidentalis demandez a votre commerçant du élevage. Si vous avez déjà Stichopathes occidentalis essayez vous même de faire un élevage! Vous pourriez aider au commerce et de protéger la nature.

Info

Brook, 1889

External links

SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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