Lobophyllia costata Lobophyllia costata

Lobophyllia costata is commonly referred to as Lobophyllia costata. Difficulty in the aquarium: Middels. A aquarium size of at least 300 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Prof. Dr. Francesca Benzoni, Italien

Lobophyllia costata

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AphiaID:: 207393

Scientific:: Lobophyllia costata
German:: Großpolypige Steinkoralle
English:: Lobophyllia Costata

Category:: LPS

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Scleractinia (Order) > Lobophylliidae (Family) > Lobophyllia (Genus) > costata (Species)
Initial determination:: (Dana, ), 1846

Occurrence:: East Africa, Guam, Indian Ocean, Madagascar, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mozambique, New Britain (Papua New Guinea), Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, the Seychelles
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:: 2 - 10 Meter
Size:: up to 59.06" (150 cm)
Temperature:: 76.82 °F - 84.74 °F (24.9°C - 29.3°C)
Food:: Plankton, Zooplankton, Zooxanthellae / Light
Tank:: 65.99 gal (~ 300L)
Difficulty:: Middels
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:

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2017-01-27 07:46:50
Last edit:: 2023-05-06 22:47:40

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Lobophyllia costata are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Lobophyllia costata, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Lobophyllia costata, 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 costata (Dana, 1846)

Original description Dana, J. D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia. 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61). [details]

New combination reference Arrigoni R, Terraneo TI, Galli P, Benzoni F (2014) Lobophylliidae (Cnidaria, Scleractinia) reshuffled: Pervasive . non-monophyly at genus level. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 73: 60-64

Habitat: Upper reef slopes and lagoons.

Abundance: Uncommon.

Synonymised names:
Mussa costata Dana, 1846 (basionym, previous combination)

Systematik: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Lobophylliidae (Family) > Lobophyllia (Genus) >

External links

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

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